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species
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Ponera tamon
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Japanese Name
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Minami-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 2.5 mm. Body color blackish brown. Similar to P. japonica, distinguished by the wider head and thinner petiole. Ponera tamon differs from P. bishamon in the morphologies of the first gastral segment, head and subpetiolar process.
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Remarks
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This species nests in the soil. Larvae spin cocoons within which they pupate. Common in the Nansei Islands.
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Distribution
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Kyushu (Cape Sata), Yaku I., Nansei Is; Taiwan.
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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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