Odontomachus sp.2

Japanese Name

Okinawa-agito-ari

Total length of workers around 9 -10 mm. Head and mesosoma brown, and gaster blackish brown. O. sp. 2 is easily recognized by the elongate subapical teeth (each about twice as long as wide) on its mandibles and the almost smooth posterior cxephalic dorsum. Female slightly larger than worker.

This species was reported in Terayama (1999) as "O. sp. Polygynous". It nests under stones and in soil near the roots of trees. The nuptial flight apparently occurs in early to mid-July on Okinawa.

Kuchinoerabu-jima I., Okinawa I.