The Ants of the Genus Odontomachus (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Japan

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  • Yoshimura Masashi
    Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kyushu University:Course of Biotic Environment, the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University
  • Onoyama Keiichi
    Course of biotic Environment, the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University:Nishi 21
  • Ogata Kazuo
    Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kyushu University

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Species of the ant genus Odontomachus in Japan are revised. Type comparison and detailed morphological analysis show that O. kuroiwae (Matsumura, 1912) is an independent species from O. monticola Emery, 1892 and that the former species is distributed in Okinawa Island and Okinoerabu Island in the Ryukyu Islands. Lectotypes of both species are designated. All three castes of O. kuroiwae and O. monticola are characterized. All castes of O. kuroiwae, and the worker and male of O. monticola, are illustrated with scanning electron micrographs and light micrographs. The queen of O. kuroiwae is described for the first time. Odontomachus kuroiwae and O. monticola are morphologically distinguished and taxonomically discussed. Our morphological analysis suggested that O. monticola consists of a complex of several species. Additional notes on the morphology and distribution of both species in Japan are also given.

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  • Species Diversity

    Species Diversity 12 (2), 89-112, 2007

    The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology

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