family

FORMICIDAE

subfamily

Formicinae

genus

Paratrechina


ITIS

 

Paratrechina yambaru

Hymenoptera On-Line

 

Paratrechina yambaru

FORMIS

 

Paratrechina yambaru



species

Paratrechina yambaru


Japanese Name

Yanbaru-ameiro-ari

Original Reference

Terayama, M. (1999) Taxonomic studies of the Japanese Formicidae, part 5. Genus Paratrechina Motschoulsky. Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 1: 49-64.

Description

Total length of workers around 1.5-2 mm. Head and lateral faces of mesosoma dark brown; mesosomal dorsum, antennae and gaster blackish brown; legs largely dark brown, the tarsi whitish. Mandibles each with 6 teeth. Antennal scapes exceeding posterior margin of head by half their length, without hairs. Dorsum of mesonotum with a pair of short erect hairs. Propodeum, hind femora and tibiae without erect hairs. Body with fragile, easily collapsed, cuticle.

Remarks

This species is known only from northern Okinawa.

Distribution

Okinawa I.(Northern part).

References

  • Terayama, M. (1999). Taxonomic studies of the Japanese Formicidae, part 5. Genus Paratrechina Motschoulsky. Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 1: 49-64.

Editor

Original text and English translation by Mamoru Terayama.