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Pyramica kichijo
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Japanese Name
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Kichijou-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 kichijo Terayama, Lin & Wu, 1996,
Pyramica kichijo (Terayama, Lin & Wu): Bolton, 1999,
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Description
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Total length of workers around 2 mm. Body color reddish brown. Clypeus almost as wide or slightly wider than long; anterior margin produced in the middle. Leading margin of antennal scape not forming an angulate elbow. Head and mesosoma covered with long flagellate hairs and irregular reticulation.
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Remarks
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A rare species similar to Smithistruma masukoi in prossessing abundant flagellate hairs on head and pronotum, but distinguished by the shape of its clypeus. P. kichijo was recently described by Terayama et al. (1996) from Taiwan and Okinawa Island. It was not treated in "A List of the Ants of Japan with Common Japanese Names" (1988) or "A Guide for the Identification of Japanese Ants (III)" (1992) by the Myrmecological Society of Japan Editorial Committee.
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Distribution
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Okinawa I.; Taiwan.
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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.
- Terayama, M. (1999). Family Formicidae. In Yamane, Sk., S. Ikudome & M. Terayama, "Identification guide to the Aculeata of the Nansei Islands, Japan", pp. 138-317. Hokkaido University Press, Sapporo.
- 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.
- Myrmecological Society of Japan, Editorial Committee (ed.) (1992). A guide for the identification of Japanese ants (III). Myrmicinae and suppliment to Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 94pp. 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. Revised by Masashi Yoshimura.
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