New synonym and new Japanese record of the ant genusPonera(Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Autor:	Keiichi Onoyama, Shingo Hosoishi, Kazuo Ogata, Yuzuru Kuboki, Masashi Yoshimura
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	biology Synonym (taxonomy) Ecology Insect Science Ponera Zoology Identification key Geographic variation Taxonomy (biology) Hymenoptera biology.organism_classification Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics
Zdroj:	Entomological Science. 12:194-201
ISSN:	1479-8298 1343-8786
DOI:	10.1111/j.1479-8298.2009.00325.x
Popis:	A new synonym in the ant genus Ponera, and a new species-record from Japan are reported following faunal surveys of Yakushima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture. Morphological comparison of type specimens with material collected on Yakushima and mainland Kyushu and Honshu reveals that Ponera yakushimensis Tanaka is a junior synonym of Ponera scabra Wheeler. Analysis of intraspecific variation in P. scabra is reported. Morphological comparison reveals that a recent putative distribution record of P. scabra from Yakushima was based on a misidentification of Ponera alisana Terayama. This is the first Japanese record of P. alisana, which was originally described from Taiwan. Geographic variation between the P. alisana types and specimens collected on Yakushima is discussed. A revised key to Japanese Ponera species is presented.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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