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species
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Acropyga yaeyamensis
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Japanese Name
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Yotsuba-ari
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Original Reference
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Terayama, M. & Y. Hashimoto (1996) Taxonomic studies of the Japanese Formicidae, part 1. Introduction to this series and descriptions of four new species of the genera Hypoponera, Formica and Acropyga. Nature and Human Activities, 1, 1-8.
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Description
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A small species: total length of workers around 1.5 - 2.0 mm. Body color yellow. Head almost square in full face view. Mandibles with 4 relatively large, triangular teeth. Antennae 10-segmented; scapes short, not reaching posterior margin of head. Eyes each a single facet. Promesonotum convex in profile; propodeal dorsum also convex. Petiolar scale subtriangular in profile.
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Remarks
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A. yaeyamensis belongs to subgenus Rhizomyrma. It is known only from the Yaeyama Islands, collections are from litter in broad-leaved forest. A relatively rare species.
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Distribution
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Nansei Is (Ishigaki I., Iriomote I.).
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References
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- Terayama, M. & Y. Hashimoto (1996). Taxonomic studies of the Japanese Formicidae, part 1. Introduction to this series and descriptions of four new species of the genera Hypoponera, Formica and Acropyga. Nature and Human Activities, 1, 1-8.
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Editor
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Original text by Mamoru Terayama and Masao Kubota. English translation by Mamoru Terayama, edited by Robert W. Taylor.
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