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genus
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Anoplolepis
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Japanese Name
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Ashinaga-ki-ari-zoku
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Original Reference
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Santschi, F. (1914) Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911-1912). R?sultats scientifiques. Insectes Hym?nopt?res 2. Formicidae: 41-148. Paris.
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Description
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Medium sized ants. Eyes large. Antennae 11-segmented; scapes long, far exceeding posterior margin of head, each funicular segment longer than wide. Labial and maxillary palpi elongate, palpal formula 6:4. Metanotum obscure, metanotal groove absent. Propodeum and petiole lacking spines or teeth.
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Remarks
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To date 22 species of Anoplolepis have been described from the Old-World tropics, mostly from Africa. Anoplolepis gracilipes (formerly widely discussed as A. longipes) alone has been recorded from Japan and Southeast Asia.
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References
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- Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (19111912). R?sultats scientifiques. Insectes Hym?nopt?res 2. Formicidae: 41148. Paris.
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Editor
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Original text by Mamoru Terayama & Masao Kubota. English translation by Mamoru Terayama, edited by Robert W. Taylor.
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