Liomyrmex gestroi (Emery, 1887)

Hamer, Matthew T., Lee, Jonathan Hon Chung, Tse, Cheung Yau Leo, Silva, Thiago S. R. & Guénard, Benoit, 2022, Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy, Asian Myrmecology (e 015006) 15, pp. 1-152 : 82

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474299
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-3104-FFF4-FF0F-79E3FC1EFD77
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Liomyrmex gestroi (Emery, 1887)
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Treatment

Liomyrmex gestroi (Emery, 1887) View in CoL

Material examined. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve , ca. 50 m uphill of Main Path, 1.3489, 103.77736, 15 Mar 2017, W. Wang leg., trunk cavity of very large fallen tree, ZRC GoogleMaps _ HYM_0001169; Nassim Road , 25 Sep 1969, D.H. Murphy leg., ZRC _ HYM_0000018; Pulau Ubin , 1.41662, 103.99443, 4 Dec 2016, G.W. Yong & M.K.L. Wong leg., ZRC GoogleMaps _ HYM_0001072; Rifle Range Road , 27 Jul 2016, G.W. Yong leg., ZRC _ HYM_00000994; Racecourse forest , 11 Jan 1981, D.H. Murphy leg., DHM-SG81- Lio 1, ZRC _ ENT00027928 View Materials .

Material not physically examined. Non-type workers, specific locality unknown, Sk. Yamane leg. ( SKYC) – in Rigato & Bolton (2011).

Literature. Rigato & Bolton (2011); Yong et al. (2017).

Localities. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve; Nassim Road; Pulau Ubin; Rifle Range Road; Racecourse Forest.

Habitat/Ecology. This species is associated with primary or secondary forests in Singapore, including young secondary forests. The ants have been found mostly in or under bark of large dead trees in old secondary forest. In one instance, nestmates were found in the trunk cavity of a very large, relatively fresh-fallen tree. Though often reported elsewhere to be associated with termites, no such associations were observed or recorded for local occurrences of this species. The ants have also been found boring in rotten timber under bark of standing dead trees ca. 50 feet above ground, in deep bark scrapings of trees, and under frais-filled bark.