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species
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Solenopsis tipuna
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Japanese Name
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Okinawa-tofushi-ari
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Original Reference
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Forel, A. (1912) H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute: Formicidae. Entomologische Mitteilungen 1: 45-81.
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Description
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Total length of workers around 1.5 mm. Body yellow to yellowish brown. Eyes small, each consisting of 2-4 facets. Metanotal groove deeper than in S. japonica. Posterodorsal corners of propodeum rounded, not angulate. Petiole with a much more strongly convex ventral margin than that of S. japonica.
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Remarks
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Polygenous. The nests are found in the soil or under stones.
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Distribution
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Nansei Is; Taiwan.
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References
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- H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute: Formicidae. Entomologische Mitteilungen 1: 45-81.
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Editor
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Original text and English translation by Mamoru Terayama.
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