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Manica yessensis
| Manica yessensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmicini |
| Genus: | Manica |
| Species: | M. yessensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Manica yessensis Azuma, 1955
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| Common Name | |
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| Tsuya-kushike-ari | |
| Language: | Japanese |
Manica yessensis nests in the soil of volcanic mountains at gravelly sites with patchy vegetation, or under stones in dry river-beds. Dietary items include insects and honey dew. Winged reproductives emerge in August. Manica yessensis is sporadically distributed, perhaps in relation to its particular habitat preferences. (Japanese Ant Image Database)
Identification
Workers 5-7 mm.
Head and gaster black, other parts brown, yellowish brown, or reddish brown. Mandibles armed with two large apical teeth and 10 or 11 denticles. Anterior clypeal margin slightly concave in the middle. Antennal scapes just reaching posterior border of the head; abruptly bent at the base. Dorsal margin of promesonotum in lateral view smoothly connected with the metanotal groove. Metanotal groove deeply impressed both dorsally and laterally. Both sides of the transition area between the dorsal and declivitous faces of the propodeum slightly raised and obtusely angulate in lateral view. Dorsal faces of head, mesosoma and petiole longitudinally rugose. Standing hairs abundant on body. Tibial spurs of middle and hind legs simple (they are more or less pectinate in the other Manica species).
He et al. (2024) - Head and gaster black, while other parts reddish brown. In lateral view, posterodorsal corner of propodeum obtusely angular. Petiole in lateral view longer than high, with a distinct dorsum, anterior margin of node concave and posterior slopes convex; subpetiolar process in lateral view acutely angled anteroventrally. Postpetiole in lateral view higher than long; sternite of postpetiole anteroventrally produced as a blunt angle directed forward. Petiole and lateral face of postpetiole rugose-punctate.
M. yessensis is closely related to Manica bradleyi, but it can be separated from the latter by the following characteristics: the posterodorsal corner of propodeum in lateral view is obtusely angular; the postpetiole in lateral view is higher than long; the sternite of postpetiole is anteroventrally produced as a blunt angle directed forward; and both the petiole and the lateral face of postpetiole exhibit rugose-punctate patterns.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
He et al. (2024), Figure 1. Global map showing the type localities of †M. andrannae, M. bradleyi, M. hunteri, M. invidia, †M. iviei, M. parasitica, M. rubida, M. shanyii and M. yessensis (Source: Esri, Maxar, GeoEye, Earthstar geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS User Community).
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Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Japan (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
| Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
The larvae of this species were described under the name Manica sp. by Wheeler & Wheeler (1977). M. yessensis nest in the soil of volcanic mountains at gravelly sites with patchy vegetation, or under stones in dry river-beds. Dietary items include insects and honey dew. Winged reproductives emerge in August. Manica yessensis is sporadically distributed, perhaps in relation to its particular habitat preferences.
Association with Other Organisms
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- This species is a host for the ant Myrmica luteola (a temporary parasite) in Japan (de la Mora et al., 2021; Jansen et al., 2010; Masuko & Terayama, 2002).
Flight Period
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Notes: Japan.
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Castes
Only the worker caste has been described.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- yessensis. Manica yessensis Azuma, 1955: 80 (footnote) (w.) JAPAN.
- Type-material: 30 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Japan: Hokkaido I., Mt Tokachi (1200 m.), 6.viii.1954 (M. Azuma).
- Type-depository: unknown.
- Status as species: Onoyama, 1980: 197; Ogata, 1991b: 80; Morisita, et al. 1992: 13; Bolton, 1995b: 249; Imai, et al. 2003: 180; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 44.
- Distribution: China, Japan.
Description
Workers 5-7 mm.
Head and gaster black, other parts brown, yellowish brown, or reddish brown. Mandibles armed with two large apical teeth and 10 or 11 denticles. Anterior clypeal margin slightly concave in the middle. Antennal scapes just reaching posterior border of the head; abruptly bent at the base. Dorsal margin of promesonotum in lateral view smoothly connected with the metanotal groove. Metanotal groove deeply impressed both dorsally and laterally. Both sides of the transition area between the dorsal and declivitous faces of the propodeum slightly raised and obtusely angulate in lateral view. Dorsal faces of head, mesosoma and petiole longitudinally rugose. Standing hairs abundant on body. Tibial spurs of middle and hind legs simple (they are more or less pectinate in the other Manica species).
- Paratype
Tokochidake
1200-1300 m
17-VIII-1954
4508
References
- [1] Japanese Ant Image Database
- Azuma, M. 1955. A list of ants (Formicidae) from Hokkaido Is. Hyogo Biol. 3: 79-80 (page 2 , (footnote) worker described)
- He, Y., Chen, Z., Du, C. 2024. Review of the ant genus Manica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with a new record of the genus in China and description of a new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 97, 379–398 (doi:10.3897/jhr.97.111418).
- Imai, H.T., Kihara, A., Kondoh, M., Kubota, M., Kuribayashi, S., Ogata, K., Onoyama, K., Taylor, R.W., Terayama, M., Yoshimura, M., Ugawa, Y. 2003. Ants of Japan. 224 pp, Gakken, Japan.
- Jansen, G., Savolainen, R., Vepsäläinen, K. 2010. Phylogeny, divergence-time estimation, biogeography and social parasite–host relationships of the Holarctic ant genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 561, 294–304 (doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.029).
- LaPolla, J.S. 2023. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the early Oligocene Canyon Ferry Reservoir deposit. Palaeoentomology 6(4), 385-397 (doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.4.10).
- Sonobe, R. 1976. Formicidae of Japan. (2) Myrmica Latreille and Manica Jurine. [In Japanese.]. Ari 7:1-2.
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1977a. Supplementary studies on ant larvae: Myrmicinae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 103: 581-602.
- Zharkov, D., Dubovikoff, D., Abakumov, E. 2022. The first fossil record of the genus Manica Jurine, 1807 from Late Eocene Baltic amber and discussion of the early evolution of Myrmicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Insects, 14, 21 (doi:10.3390/insects14010021).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Azuma M. 1955. A list of ants (Formicidae) from Hokkaido Is. Hyogo Biology 3:79-80.
- Sakai H. 2002. Reproductive flight season of Japanese ants. Ari 26: 33-39.
- Terayama M. 1992. Structure of ant communities in East Asia. A. Regional differences and species richness. Bulletin of the Bio-geographical Society of Japan 47: 1-31.
- Terayama M., K. Ogata, and B.M. Choi. 1994. Distribution records of ants in 47 prefectures of Japan. Ari (report of the Myrmecologists Society of Japan) 18: 5-17.