|
species
|
Plagiolepis alluaudi
|
 |
Japanese Name
|
Usu-hime-ki-ari
|
Original Reference
|
|
Emery, C. (1894) Mission scientifique de M. Ch. Alluaud aux ”les Sˇchelles (mars, avril, mai 1892). Formicides. Annales de la Sociˇtˇ Entomologique de France 63: 67-72.
|
Synonym
|
|
Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894,
Plagiolepis augusti Emery, 1921,
Plagiolepis foreli Mann, 1920,
Plagiolepis mactavishi Wheeler, 1908,
Plagiolepis foreli var. ornata Santschi, 1920,
Plagiolepis alluaudi var. ornata: Emery, 1921
|
Description
|
|
Total length of workers around 1.5 - 2 mm. Body color yellow to light reddish yellow. Antennal scapes exceeding posterior margin of head by the length of second antennal segment. Pronotum without erect hairs.
|
Remarks
|
|
Found in open land. In Japan, this species is known from the Ogasawara Islands (Shindo, 1979; Masuko & Terayama, 1984), but it has not been recorded from the Nansei Islands. P. alluaudi is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It is considered to be Afrotropical in origin and spread by human commerce (Wilson & Taylor, 1967).
|
Comment
|
|
For the synonyms of the species see M. R. Smith (1958b) and D. R. Smith (1979).
|
|
Distribution
|
|
Ogasawara Is; Oceania, Southern part of Mainland China, West Indies, Africa.
|
|
References
|
|
- Shindo, M. (1979). Ants of the Bonin Islands. . Nature and Insects, 14(10), 24-28 .
- Masuko, K. & M. Terayama (1984). A list of ants collected from the Izu and Ogasawara Islands. . Ari, (12), 7-12. .
- Wilson, E. O. & R. W. Taylor (1967). The ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). . Pacif. Ins. Mon., 14, 1-109.
- Smith, D. R. (1979)
- Smith, M. R. (1958b)
|
Editor
|
|
Original text by Kazuo Ogata. English translation by Kazuo Ogata, edited by Robert W. Taylor.
|
|
