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species
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Pyramica mazu
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Japanese Name
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Tsuya-uroko-ari
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Original Reference
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Terayama, M., C.-C. Lin & W.-W. Wu (1996) Taiwanese species of the ant genus Smithistruma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Jpn. J. Ent., 64, 327-339.
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Synonym
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Smithistruma mazu Terayama, Lin & Wu, 1996,
Pyramica mazu (Terayama, Lin & Wu), 1999,
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Description
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Total length of workers around 1.5 mm. Body color yellowish brown. Leading margins of antennal scapes not angulate. Clypeus not fringed with spatulate hairs, its anterior margin almost straight. Posterior part of head and dorsal surface of mesosoma unsculptured, smooth and shining. Dorsal profile of mesosoma roundly convex, with rather long hairs. Propodeum without spines, but with well developed spongiform appendage posteriorly.
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Remarks
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Rare ants. Found on the floor of broadleaf forest, nesting in the soil. Pyramica mazu corresponds to Smithistruma sp. 6 of the Myrmecological Society of Japan Editorial Committee (1988).
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Distribution
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Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Nansei Is.
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References
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- Terayama, M., C.-C. Lin & W.-W- Wu (1996). Taiwanese species of the ant genus Smithistruma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Jpn. J. Ent., 64, 327-339.
- Bolton, B. 1999. Ant genera of the tribe Dacetonini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist., 33: 1639-1689.
- 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.
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Editor
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Original text by Kazuo Ogata and Keiichi Onoyama. English translation by Kazuo Ogata, edited by Robert W. Taylor. Revised by Masashi Yoshimura.
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