Ponera tamon
Terayama, 1996b:
11, figs. 10-16 (w.q.)
JAPAN.
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Japan: Kagoshima Pref., Amami-oshima, Uken-son, 1.vii.1983 (M. Terayama). Type-depository: MNHA.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 154 paratype workers, 6 paratype queens. Paratype-locality: 7 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 13 paratype workers Amami-oshima, Sumiyo-son (M. Terayama), 1 paratype worker Amamai-oshima, Naze-shi, 21.iii.1980 (M. Terayama), 9 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen Okinoerabu-jima, 17.iii.1989 (M. Terayama), 1 paratype worker Yoron-jima, 14.iii.1980 (M. Terayama), 6 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens Kagoshima Pref., Sata-Misaki, 9.viii.1984 (S. Kubota), 3 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen Okinawa Pref., Miyako-jima, Hirara, 20.viii.1979 (M. Terayama), 2 paratype workers Iriomote-jima, Sonai, 29.vii.1979 (M. Terayama), 29 paratype workers Izena-jima, 31.iii1985 (H. Takamine), 16 paratype workers Okinawa-jima, Nago, 3.x.1984 (H. Takamine), 33 paratype workers Okinawa-jima, Naha, 15.xii.1984 (H. Takamine), 5 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen Taiwan, Chiayi Hsien, Fenchifu, 4.viii.1980 (M. Terayama), 1 paratype worker Nantou Hsien, Jiuyuehtan, 16.viii.1980 (M. Terayama), 10 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen Taitung Hsien, Chihpen, 10.viii.1980 (M. Terayama), 14 paratype workers with same data as last but 19.vii.1982, 2 paratype workers with same data as last but 24.vii.1982, 2 paratype workers with same data as last but 25.vii.1982. Paratype-depositories: MNHA, NIAS, NSMT.
- Status as species: Imai et al., 2003: 215; Lin & Wu, 2003: 68; Terayama, 2009: 109; Yoshimura et al., 2009: 201 (in key); Zhou & Ran, 2010: 110; Leong et al., 2019: 61 (redescription).
Citations
- Imai, H. T.; Kihara, A.; Kondoh, M.; Kubota, M.; Kuribayashi, S.; Ogata, K.; Onoyama, K.; Taylor, R. W.; Terayama, M.; Tsukii, Y.; Yoshimura, M.; Ugawa, Y. 2003. Ants of Japan. Tokyo: Gakken, 224 pp. PDF
- Leong, C.-M.; Guénard, B.; Shiao, S.-F.; Lin, C.-C. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the genus Ponera Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Taiwan and Japan, with a key to East Asian species. Zootaxa 4594:1-86. 10.11646/zootaxa.4594.1.1 PDF
- Lin, C.-C.; Wu, W.-J. 2003. The ant fauna of Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with keys to subfamilies and genera. [In Chinese.]. Guoli Taiwan Bowuguan Niankan 46:5-69.
- Terayama, M. 1996b. Taxonomic studies on the Japanese Formicidae, part 2. Seven genera of Ponerinae, Cerapachyinae and Myrmicinae. Nature & Human Activities 1:9-32. PDF
- Terayama, M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts 17:81-266. PDF
- Yoshimura, M.; Hosoishi, S.; Kuboki, Y.; Onoyama, K.; Ogata, K. 2009. New synonym and new Japanese record of the ant genus Ponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological Science 12:194-201. PDF
- Zhou, S.; Ran, H. 2010. Checklist of poneromorph subfamilies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in China. Journal of Guangxi Normal University (Natural Science Edition) 28 (4):101-113.