Hypoponera nippona

Identification
Total length of workers averaging slightly less than 2.5 mm. Body color yellow to yellowish brown. Eyes each a single facet, situated well away from posterior margin of clypeus (the distance from clypeus to anterior margin of eyes is more than 5 times the eye diameter). First gastral tergite twice as broad as petiole. Metanotum prominently and deeply constricted. Petiole broad and elliptical in posterior view.

Distribution
This taxon was described from Japan. It is also found in Taiwan, China and Republic of Korea.

Biology
It nests in the soil and is rather rare. Reproductive alates are attracted to light and fly during late August.

Nomenclature

 *  nippona. Ponera nippona Santschi, 1937h: 364, figs. 3, 4 (w.) JAPAN. Onoyama, 1989b: 6 (q.m.). Combination in Hypoponera: Ogata, 1987: 123.