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species
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Vollenhovia nipponica
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Japanese Name
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Yadori-umematsu-ari
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Original Reference
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Kinomura, K. & Yamauchi, K. (1992) A new workerless socially parasitic species of the genus Vollenhovia from Japan. Japanese Journal of Entomology 60: 203-206.
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Description
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A social parasite of the short winged form of Vollenhovia emeryi, which occurs in and near riverside forests. V. nipponica females are easily distinguished from those of V. emeryi as follows: (1) postpetiole smooth and shining (shagreened in V. emeryi); (2) head broader than mesosoma in dorsal view (the two almost equally wide in V. emeryi); (3) body size distinctly smaller than in V. emeryi.
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Remarks
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This species was described subsequently by Kinomura & Yamauchi (1992). The following record of this species from Kumamoto, Kyushu, is based on material in the W. M. Wheeler Collection at The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (K. Onoyama, pers. comm.).
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Distribution
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Honshu (Gifu), Kyushu (Kumamoto).
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References
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- Myrmecological Society of Japan, Editorial Committee (ed.) (Ed.). (1988). A list of the ants of Japan with common Japanese names. The Myrmecological Society of Japan, Tokyo.
- Kinomura, K. & K. Yamauchi (1992). A new workerless socially parasitic species of the genus Vollenhovia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Japan. . Jpn. J. Ent., 60, 203-206.
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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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