Aphaenogaster omotoensis

This species nests in the soil of forest floor.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Japan.

Nomenclature

 * . Aphaenogaster omotoensis Terayama & Kubota, 2013: 26, figs. 1, 2 (w.) JAPAN (Ryukyu Is: Ishigaki I.).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Terayama M., S. Kubota, and K. Eguchi. 2014. Encyclopedia of Japanese ants. Asakura Shoten: Tokyo, 278 pp.
 * Terayama M., and S. Kubota. 2013. Two new species of the ant genus Aphaenogaster Mayr from Japan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 3: 25-31.