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species
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Pyramica canina
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Japanese Name
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Hirata-uroko-ari
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Original Reference
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Brown, W. L., Jr. & Boisvert, R. G. (1979) The dacetine ant genus Pentastruma. Psyche 85: 201-207.
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Synonym
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Pentastruma canina Brown & Boisvert, 1979,
Pyramica canina (Brown & Boisvert): Bolton, 1999,
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Description
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Total length of workers around 2.5 - 3 mm. Body color yellowish brown. Mandibles rather long, 1.5 times as long as preapical (5th) antennal segment or longer; largest tooth present at about mid-length of masticatory margin. Anterior portion of clypeus rather angulate, with slightly concave anterior border. Preapical (5th) antennal segment longer than length of 3rd and 4th segments together.
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Remarks
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A rare species, found on the floor of broadleaf forests.
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Distribution
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Honshu (Kanto District and southwards), Shikoku, Kyushu.
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References
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- Brown, W. L., Jr. & R. G. Boisvert (1979). The dacetine ant genus Pentastruma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). . Psyche, 85, 201-207.
- Bolton, B. 1999. Ant genera of the tribe Dacetonini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist., 33: 1639-1689.
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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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