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species
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Aphaenogaster donann
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Japanese Name
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Kuromi-ashinaga-ari
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Original Reference
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Watanabe, H. & Yamane, Sk. (1999) New species and new status in the genus Aphaenogaster (Formicidae) from Japan. In: Identification Guide to the Aculeata of the Nansei Islands, p. 736, Hokkaido Univ. Press, Sapporo.
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Description
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Total length of workers 6 - 7 mm. Body unicolorous blackish brown. Antennae, mesosoma and legs distinctly relatively long. Propodeal spines large and long. Similar to Aphaenogaster gracillima, but separable by its unicolorous body color. Chromosome number 2n=28.
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Remarks
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Nests in the soil of woodland. Turned-down gasters are frequently observed in foraging workers.
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Editor
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Original text by Hirofumi Watanabe and Seiki Yamane. English translation by Kazuo Ogata, edited by Robert W. Taylor.
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