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species
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Pyramica hexamera
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Japanese Name
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Sedaka-uroko-ari
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Original Reference
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Brown, W. L., Jr. (1958) A new Japanese species of the dacetine ant genus Epitritus. Mushi 31: 69-72.
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Synonym
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Epitritus hexamerus Brown, 1958,
Strumigenys hexamera (Brown): Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 1994,
Epitritus hexamerus: Bolton, 1995,
Pyramica hexamera (Brown): Bolton, 1999,
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Description
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Total length of workers around 2 mm. Body color yellowish brown. Mandibles with 2 pairs of preapical teeth; apical dentition including a distinct dorsal spiniform tooth. Anterior margin of clypeus without peculiar hairs. Dorsal outline of mesosoma horizontal from pronotum to mesonotum; the latter overhanging the propodeum. Propodeal spine distinct. Spongiform appendages on posterolateral portion of propodeum relatively weakly developed.
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Remarks
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A rare species nesting in the soil of broadleaf forests.
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Distribution
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Honshu (Kanto District and southwards), Shikoku, Kyushu, Ogasawara Is, Nansei Is; Korean Peninsula, Taiwan.
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References
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- A new Japanese species of the dacetine ant genus Epitritus. Mushi 31: 69-72.
- Baroni Urbani, C. & De Andrade, M. L. 1994. First description of fossil Dacetini ants with a critical analysis of the current classification of the tribe (Amber Collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. VI: Dacetini). Stuttg. Beitr. Naturkd. Ser. B (Geol. Palaontol.), 198: 1-65.
- Bolton, B. (1995). A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. 504 pp. Harvard University Press.
- 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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