Pentastruma canina Brown & Boisvert, 1979: 203, figs. 2-4 (w.q.m.) JAPAN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: holotype Japan: Honshu, Kanagawa Pref., Manazuru, 4.iv.1968, 20.x.1968, 5.i.1973 (M. Kubota). [Note: date of holotype is not given.] Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 38+ paratype workers, 8+ paratype queens, 2+ paratype males. Secondary type localities: 38 paratype workers, 8 paratype queens, 2 paratype males with same data as holotype, unspecified numbers of paratype workers, queens, males Japan: Honshu, Shizuoka Pref., Hamaoka, 15.xi.1976 (R. Egawa), Chiba Pref., Kiyosumiyama, viii.1976 (T. Kannari), Wakayama Pref., Shirahama, 6.i.1971 (M. Kubota), Kyushu, Miyazaki Pref., Miyazaki-jingu, 18.vii.1971 (M. Shindo). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, KUPC, LACM, MCZC. Type notes: Only numbers of specimens from the type-locality (Manazuru, 3 nest series) are detailed, paratypes from other localities are not enumerated.