Hypoponera sauteri

Identification
Total length of workers around 2 mm. Body color pale yellow to yellowish brown. Eyes each a single unpigmented facet, situated away from the posterior clypeal border (distance from clypeus to anterior margin of eyes 4 - 5 times eye diameter). Subpetiolar process rounded posteroventrally, without lateral carinae. The female is a little larger than  the  worker.

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

Biology
It nests under stones, in rotting logs and in the soil, especially the humus layer. Common at many places in Korea.

Nomenclature

 *  sauteri. Hypoponera sauteri Onoyama, 1989b: 7 (w.q.) TAIWAN. [First available use of Ponera gleadowi subsp. decipiens var. sauteri Forel, 1912a: 48; unavailable name.]