Odontomachus kuroiwae

Identification
A member of the Odontomachus rixosus group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Japan.

Nomenclature

 * . Myrtoteras kuroiwae Matsumura, 1912: 192, pl. 54, fig. 1 (w.) JAPAN (Okinawa I.).
 * Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Yoshimura, Onoyama & Ogata, 2007: 93), 1 paralectotype worker.
 * Type-locality: lectotype Japan: Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., 25.x.1907, no. 425 (K. Kuroiwa); paralectotype with same data.
 * Type-depository: SEHU.
 * Yoshimura, Onoyama & Ogata, 2007: 98 (q.m.).
 * Combination in Myrmoteras: Matsumura & Uchida, 1926: 51;
 * combination in Odontomachus: Crieghton, 1939: 40.
 * Junior synonym of formosae: Teranishi, 1940: 61.
 * Junior synonym of monticola: Brown, 1976a: 105; Onoyama, 1980: 196; Bolton, 1995b: 295; Imai, et al. 2003: 212.
 * Status as species: Matsumura & Uchida, 1926: 51; Yoshimura, Onoyama & Ogata, 2007: 93 (redescription).
 * Distribution: Japan.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Creighton W. S. 1939. A generic reallocation for Myrmoteras kuroiwae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 47: 39-40.
 * Terayama M., S. Kubota, and K. Eguchi. 2014. Encyclopedia of Japanese ants. Asakura Shoten: Tokyo, 278 pp.
 * Yamane S. 2016. How many species of Ants in Amami Islands? (in Japanese). Part 2, chapter 1 in How many species of Ants in Amami Islands? Pp. 92-132.
 * Yoshimura M.; Onoyama, K.; Ogata, K. 2007. The ants of the genus Odontomachus (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Japan. Species Diversity 12:89-112.