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species
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Monomorium latinode
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Japanese Name
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Shiwa-hime-ari
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Original Reference
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Mayr, G. (1872) Formicidae Borneenses collectae a J. Doria et O. Beccari in territorio Sarawak annis 1865-1867. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 2: 133-155.
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Description
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Total length of workers around 3 mm. The largest Monomorium species known from Japan. Body bicolored: yellowish to reddish brown from head to postpetiole; the gaster blackish brown. Eyes large, each consisting of around 20 facets. Mandibles each with 5 teeth. Clypeus with paired longitudinal carinae. Metanotal groove shallow dorsally. Posterodorsal margin of propodeum angulate. Ventral outline of petiole more or less roundly convex. Postpetiole 1.4 times as long as broad. Mesopleuron and sides of propodeum with fine longitudinal rugulation; dorsal surface of propodeum with transverse rugae.
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Remarks
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Similar to M. destructor in size and coloration, but the 5-toothed mandibles and shallow metanotal groove distinguish M. latinode. Distributed widely in pantropical and subtropical regions, but isa not common in the Nansei Islands.
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Distribution
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Nansei Is (Okinawa I.); pantropical and subtropical.
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Editor
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Original text by Kazuo Ogata and Mamoru Terayama. English translation by Kazuo Ogata, edited by Robert W. Taylor.
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