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species
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Leptothorax koreanus
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Japanese Name
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Kado-muneboso-ari
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Original Reference
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Teranishi, C. (1940) Works of Cho Teranishi. Memorial Volume: 312 pp. plus posthumous section of 95 pp. Osaka.
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Synonym
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Leptothorax (Nesomyrmex) koreanus Teranishi (Teranishi, 1940)
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Description
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Total length of workers around 2 - 2.5 mm. Head and gaster black, mesosoma yellowish brown to blackish brown. Antennae 11-segmented; scapes short, not reaching posterior margin of head. Anterolateral corners of pronotum distinctly angled in dorsal view.
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Remarks
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L. koreanus is easily distinguished from its Japanese congeners by its distinctly angulate pronotal humeri. It is often collected in open situations such as the seashore, parks and shrine sites. A relatively rare species.
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Distribution
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Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; Korea.
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References
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- Teranishi, C. (1940). Works of Cho Teranishi. Memorial Volume (ed. by Nobuyoshi Tozawa) and Post humous section. , 312.
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Editor
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Original text by Mamoru Terayama, Keiichi Onoyama, and Masaaki Morisita. English translation by Mamoru Terayama, edited by Robert W. Taylor.
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