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genus
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Cryptopone
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Japanese Name
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Togezune-hari-ari-zoku
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Original Reference
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Emery, C. (1893) Untitled contribution introduced by, "M.C. Emery, de Bologne, envoie les diagnoses de cinq nouveaux genres de Formicides." Bulletin Bimensuel de la SociŽtŽ Entomologique de France 1892 No. 20: cclxxv-cclxxvii.
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Description
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Medium-sized ponerine ants. Body color yellow to blackish brown. Eyes small to absent (present in the Japanese species). Palpal formula 2:2 or less. Mandibles each with a small pit near its base, on the outer surface. Outer portions of middle tibiae with many stout setae. Middle and hind tibiae each with 2 spurs, one pectinate, the other spinose.
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Remarks
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Cryptopone is distributed in tropical and subtropical Asia (around 18 species) and North America (1 species). It is represented by 2 species in Japan.
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References
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- Untitled contribution introduced by, "M.C. Emery, de Bologne, envoie les diagnoses de cinq nouveaux genres de Formicides." Bulletin Bimensuel de la SociŽtŽ Entomologique de France 1892 No. 20: cclxxv-cclxxvii.
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Editor
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Original text by Mamoru Terayama and Keiichi Onoyama. English translation by Mamoru Terayama, edited by Robert W. Taylor.
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