Japanese Name
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Kiiro-oo-shiwa-ari
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Original Reference
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Wheeler, W.M. (1928) Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Japan and Korea. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia generale e agraria del R. Istituto Superiore agrario di Portici 22: 96-125.
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Synonym
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Tetramorium guineense nipponense Wheeler (Wheeler, 1928) ,
Tetramorium nipponense Bolton (Bolton, 1977) ,
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Description
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Total length of workers around 3 mm. Body color uniformly yellow to yellowish brown. Antennae 12-segmented; scapes almost reaching posterior corners of head. Anterior margin of clypeus with median notch. Propodeal spines long and acute, curved upward. Body surface from head to postpetiole covered with irregular reticulate-rugosity; longitudinal rugae prominent on dorsum of head.
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Remarks
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Similar to T. bicarinatum, but separable in having longer hairs, the gaster concolorous with the rest of the body, and a higher posterior petiolar margin when compared in profile to the anterior margin. The species is found in woodland, ranging to its margins. Nests are located in decayed parts of tree trunks, stems of small bamboos, under bark, or under stones. Habitat preferences are for less moist sites than in T. nipponense.
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Distribution
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Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsusima I., Yaku I., Nansei Is, Ogasawara Is; Mainland China, Taiwan, Viet Nam, Bhutan.
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