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species
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Vollenhovia yambaru
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Japanese Name
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Yanbaru-umematsu-ari
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Original Reference
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Terayama, M. (1999) Taxonomic studies of the Japanese Formicidae, Part 7. Supplement to the genus Vollenhovia Mayr. Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 1: 109-112.
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Description
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We are unable to distinguish workers of this species from those of Vollenhovia okinawana. However, we treat it as a separate species because all of its known females are wingless ergatoids, while those of V. okinawana are winged.
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Remarks
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This species is known only from native forests in the northern part of Okinawa Island.
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References
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- Terayama, M. (1999). Taxonomic studies of the Japanese Formicidae, Part 7. Supplement to the genus Vollenhovia Mayr. Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 1: 109-112.
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Editor
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Original text by Mamoru Terayama and Katsusuke Yamauchi. English translation by Mamoru Terayama, edited by Robert W. Taylor.
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