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species
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Lasius spathepus
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Japanese Name
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Kusa-ari-modoki
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Original Reference
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Wheeler, W.M. (1910) An aberrant Lasius from Japan. Biological Bulletin 19: 130-137.
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Description
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Total length of workers around 4 - 5 mm. Color jet black. Petiole with an inverted V-shaped profile; anterior margin with a weak, blunt angle at its lower section. Dorsal margin of petiole with a shallow median notch in frontal view. In females, scapes flattened and with abundant hairs; mesonotal dorsum almost or completely lacking hairs; petiole with an inverted V-shaped profile.
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Remarks
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This species is found as commonly as L. nipponensis. It might be a temporary social parasite of L. japonicus. Nuptial flights occur during June and August.
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Distribution
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Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; Korean Peninsula.
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References
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- An aberrant Lasius from Japan. Biological Bulletin 19: 130-137.
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Editor
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Original text by Mamoru Terayama and Katsusuke Yamauchi. English translation by Mamoru Terayama and Katsusuke Yamauchi, edited by Robert W. Taylor.
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