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species
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Aenictus lifuiae
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Japanese Name
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Hime-sasurai-ari
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Original Reference
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Terayama, M. (1984) A new species of the army ant genus Aenictus from Taiwan. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 39: 13-16.
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Description
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A relatively small Aenictus species: total body length about 2 - 2.5 mm. Color yellowish brown; head, gaster and legs yellow. Mandibles subtriangular, with 7 teeth. Antennae 10 segmented. Promesonotal dorsum weakly convex in profile; posterodorsal corner of propodeum angulate; propodeal sides without rugae. Subpetiolar process low, forming a small lobe.
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Remarks
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Found in evergreen broad-leaved forests and their margins. A. lifuiae nests in soil and is rare. Known in Japan only from Iriomote Island. A male from Taiwan was collected during August.
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Distribution
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Nansei Is (Iriomote I.); Taiwan.
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References
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- Terayama, M. (1984). A new species of the army ant genus Aenictus from Taiwan. . Bull. Biogeogr. Soc. Jpn., 39, 13-16.
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Editor
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Original text and English translation by Mamoru Terayama, edited by Kazuo Ogata and Robert W. Taylor.
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