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species
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Leptothorax indra
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Japanese Name
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Kiiro-muneboso-ari
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Original Reference
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Terayama, M. & K. Onoyama (1999) The ant genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera; Formicidae) in Japan. Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 1: 71-97.
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Description
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Total length of workers around 3 mm. Body color yellow. Antennal scapes long, reaching posterior margin of head in full face view. Metanotal groove usually distinctly incised, in some specimens obscure to absent. Dorsum of propodeum flat; propodeal spines acute, narrow and somewhat downcurved; each distinctly longer than its basal width. Petiole with a long peduncle, the node shaped like an inverted U. Subpetiolar process present, triangular. Head and dorsum of mesosoma with numerous distinct rugae.
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Remarks
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This species corresponds to Leptothorax sp. 7 in Myrmecological Society of Japan Editorial Committee (1992).
L. indra nests in dead twigs on standing trees.
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References
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- Terayama, M. & K. Onoyama (1999). The ant genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera; Formicidae). Memoris of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 1: 71-97.
- Myrmecological Society of Japan, Editorial Committee (ed.) (1992). A guide for the identification of Japanese ants (III). Myrmicinae and suppliment to Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 94pp. The Myrmecological Society of Japan, Tokyo.
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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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