Aphaenogaster tipuna

Japanese Name

Takasago-ashinaga-ari

Forel, A. (1913) H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute: Formicidae 2. Archiv fŸr Naturgeschichte 79 (A): 183-202.

Aphaenogaster rothneyi tipuna Forel (Forel, 1913) , Aphaenogaster tipuna Santschi (Santschi, 1937) ,

Total length of workers around 3 - 5.5 mm. Head and mesosoma reddish brown; gaster dark brown. Scapes, mesosoma and legs relatively rather short compared to other Japanese Aphaenogaster species. Posterior border of head flat. Occipital area smooth and shining, covered with shallow punctures. Pronotum shining, with shallow punctures and feeble striae; humeri not angulate. Mesonotum raised but lower than pronotum, forming an angulate convexity covered with striae and punctures. Lateral portions of mesopleurae covered with reticulation and punctures. Propodeal spines slender.

This species nests in the soil, under stones, or in cavities of plant roots.

Ishigaki I., Iriomote I.; Southern islands of Korea, Taiwan.