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species
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Ponera swezeyi
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Japanese Name
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Ogasawara-hari-ari
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Original Reference
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Wheeler, W.M. (1933) Three obscure genera of ponerine ants. American Museum Novitates 672: 1-23.
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Synonym
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Pseudocryptopone swezeyi Wheeler, 1933
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Description
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Small ants: total length less than 2 mm. Body color yellow. Suture between mesonotum and mesopleuron absent. Body surface smooth, with few punctures.
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Remarks
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Known from the floor of broad-leaf forest in the Ogasawara Islands.
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Distribution
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Ogasawara Is (Chichi-jima, Haha-jima); Hawaii,
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References
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- Three obscure genera of ponerine ants. American Museum Novitates 672: 1-23.
- Wilson, E. O., (1957). The tenuis and selenophora groups of the ant genus Ponera. bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard College 116: 355-386.
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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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