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species
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Ponera bishamon
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Japanese Name
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Hoso-hime-hari-ari
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Original Reference
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Terayama, M. (1996) Taxonomic studies of the Japanese Formicidae, part 2. Seven genera of Ponerinae, Cerapachyinae and Myrmicinae. Nature and Human Activities, 1, 9-32.
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Description
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Total length of workers around 2 mm. Body color brown to black. Similar to P. japonica and P. tamon, distinguished by the first gastral tergite being slender and distinctly longer than wide in dorsal view, the thick petiole, and the bilaterally paired teeth on the subpetiolar process being relatively small and blunt.
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Remarks
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This rare species nests in the soil.
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Distribution
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Nansei Is (Okinawa I., Ishigaki I., Iriomote I., Yonaguni I.).
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References
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- Terayama, M. (1996). Taxonomic studies of the Japanese Formicidae, part 2. Seven genera of Ponerinae, Cerapachyinae and Myrmicinae. Nature and Human Activities, 1, 9-32.
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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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