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species
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Ponera scabra
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Japanese Name
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Teranishi-hari-ari
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Original Reference
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Wheeler, W.M. (1928) Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Japan and Korea. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia generale e agraria del R. Istituto Superiore agrario di Portici 22: 96-125.
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Description
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Total length of workers around 3.5 mm. Body color blackish brown to black. Eyes small, each consisting of several indistinct facets. Petiole more or less trapezoidal in lateral view; its posterior border distinctly concave in dorsal view.
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Remarks
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This species nests in the soil. The larvae spin cocoons (Okamoto, 1972). Not rare in some localities.
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Distribution
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Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima I.; Korean Peninsula.
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References
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- Wheeler, W. M. (1928). Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Japan and Korea. . Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. Portici, 21, 96-125.
- Okamoto, H. (1972). Ants from Shikoku, Japan (7). . Gensei, 23, 11-14. .
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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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