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species
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Hypoponera nippona
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Japanese Name
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Higenaga-nise-hari-ari
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Original Reference
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Santschi, F. (1937) Fourmis du Japon et de Formose. Bulletin et Annales de la SociŽtŽ Entomologique de Belgique 77: 361-388.
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Synonym
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Ponera nippona Sanstchi, 1937,
Hypoponera nippona (Santschi): Ogata, 1987
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Description
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Total length of workers averaging slightly less than 2.5 mm. Body color yellow to yellowish brown. Eyes each a single facet, situated well away from posterior margin of clypeus (the distance from clypeus to anterior margin of eyes is more than 5 times the eye diameter). First gastral tergite twice as broad as petiole. Metanotum prominently and deeply constricted. Petiole broad and elliptical in posterior view.
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Remarks
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Some specimens formerly identified as H. excoecata are in fact this species. H. nippona is monogynous and monocalic. It nests in the soil and is rather rare. Reproductive alates are attracted to light and fly during late August in Kyoto.
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Distribution
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Honshu (the Kanto District and southwards), Shikoku, Kyushu, Nansei Is; Taiwan
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References
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- Fourmis du Japon et de Formose. Bulletin et Annales de la SociŽtŽ Entomologique de Belgique 77: 361-388.
- Ogata, K. (1987). A generic synopsis of the poneroid complex of the family Formicidae in Japan. Part I. Subfamilies Ponerinae and Cerapachyinae. . Esakia, (25), 97-132.
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Editor
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Original text by Keiichi Onoyama and Mamoru Terayama. Revised by Masashi Yoshimura. English translation by Keiichi Onoyama, edited by Robert W. Taylor.
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