Stenamma nipponense

The species is found in woodland or its margins, and nests in the soil. Stenamma nipponense is not rare in Hokkaido, but less common in other regions. Winged reproductives can be observed in late September in Hokkaido. The southernmost record is from Yaku Island (Terayama & Yamane, 1984; Japanese Ant Image Database).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Japan.

Nomenclature

 * . Stenamma nipponense Yasumatsu & Murakami, 1960: 28, fig. 1; pl. 7, fig. 1 (w.q.) JAPAN.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 8 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen.
 * Type-locality: holotype Japan: Kyushu, Fukuoka Pref., Hikosan (Mt Hiko), 28.vii.1939 (K. Yasumatsu); paratypes: 1 worker with same data, 1 worker Hikosan, 4.vi.1941 (K. Yasumatsu), 1 queen Japan: Shikoku, Ehime Pref., Saragamine (Mt Sara), 23.ii.1935 (Morikawa, 1 worker Saragamine, 15.v.1955 (F. Takechi), 5 workers Japan: Hokkaido, Oshoro, 13.v.1957 (S. Sakagami).
 * Type-depositories: KUEC (holotype); EUMJ, KUEC, MCZC, USNM (paratypes).
 * DuBois, 1998b: 293 (m.).
 * Status as species: Onoyama, 1980: 197; Ogata, 1991b: 82; Morisita, et al. 1992: 14; Bolton, 1995b: 393; DuBois, 1998b: 292 (redescription); Imai, et al. 2003: 180; Liu, X. & Xu, 2011: 736 (in key); Bharti, Gul & Sharma, 2012a: 325 (in key).
 * Distribution: Japan.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Branstetter M. G. 2012. Origin and diversification of the cryptic ant genus Stenamma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), inferred from multilocus molecular data, biogeography and natural history. Systematic Entomology 37: 478-496.
 * Choi B.M., K. Ogata, and M. Terayama. 1993. Comparative studies of ant faunas of Korea and Japan. 1. Faunal comparison  among islands of Southern Korean and northern Kyushu, Japan. Bull. Biogeogr. Soc. Japan 48(1): 37-49.
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 * Ichinose K. 1990. The Ant Fauna of the Tomakomai Experiment Forest, Hokkaido University (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with Notes on the Nuptial Season. Research Bulletins of College Experiment Forests 47(1) 137-144.
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 * 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.
 * Terayama M., and R. Sonobe. 2002. Ants from the Nasu Imperial Villa, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Flora and fauna of the Tochigi Prefectural Museum research report Nasu Imperial Villa 157-161.
 * Teruyama. M. 1988. Ant fauna of Saitama Prefecture, Japan. ARI Reports of the Myrmecologists Society (Japan) 16: 4-13
 * Yasumatsu K. and Y. Murakami. 1960. A revision of the genus Stenamma of Japan (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae). Esakia 1: 27-31.