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species
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Ponera japonica
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Japanese Name
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Hime-hari-ari
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Original Reference
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Wheeler, W.M. (1906c) The ants of Japan. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 22: 301-328.
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Synonym
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Ponera japonica var. crocea Santschi (Santschi, 1941)
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Description
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Total length of workers around 2.5 mm. Body color brown to blackish brown. Scapes not reaching median posterior border of head, failing to do so by at least 1/5 maximum scape thickness.
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Remarks
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P. japonica nests under stones and in the soil, especially in the humus layer. Okamoto (1972) reported that larvae do not spin cocoons and the pupae are thus naked. This species is widely distributed from Hokkaido to Kyushu. It is found from low-lying to mountainous sites in Hokkaido and Honshu, but mainly on mountains in Shikoku and Kyushu. It has been recorded from Malaysia and Indonesia, but the records are questionable.
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Distribution
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Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; Korean Peninsula, Malaysia(?), Indonesia(?).
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References
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- The ants of Japan. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 22: 301-328.
- Okamoto, H. (1972). Ants from Shikoku, Japan (7). . Gensei, 23, 11-14. .
- Santschi, F. (1941). Quelques fourmis japonaises inedites. Mitt. Schwiz. . Ent. Ges., 18, 273-279.
- Teranishi, C. (1940). Works of Cho Teranishi. Memorial Volume (ed. by Nobuyoshi Tozawa) and Post humous section. , 312.
- Taylor, R. W. (1967). A monographic revision of the ant genus Ponera Latreille. . Pac. Ins. Mon., 13, 1-112.
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Editor
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Original text by Keiichi Onoyama and Mamoru Terayama. English translation by Keiichi Onoyama, edited by Robert W. Taylor.
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