Pheidole plagiaria Smith, 1860

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 : 93

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474371
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-3109-FFF9-FF67-7883FC40FDF8
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Pheidole plagiaria Smith, 1860
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Pheidole plagiaria Smith, 1860 View in CoL

Material examined. Bukit Batok East Avenue 6, 1.34304, 103.76235, 5 Oct 2016, G.W. Yong leg., BB6GH412, ZRC GoogleMaps _ HYM_0001778; Bukit Timah , Hindhede Drive, 25 Nov 1989, H.K. Lua leg., ZRC _ ENT00000247 View Materials ; Bukit Timah Nature Reserve , 1.35284, 103.77995, 11 Jan 2017, W. Wang leg., WW-SG17-006, ZRC GoogleMaps _ HYM_0000574; Lorong Banir , 16 Jun 1995, Yang & Lua leg., ZRC _ ENT00000377 View Materials ; Mandai Lake Road, 5 Nov 2016, G.W. Yong leg., ZRC _ ENT00048426 View Materials ; Mandai Road , 1.41258, 103.79839, 21 Dec 2016, G.W. Yong leg., M1D3GH2059, ZRC GoogleMaps _ HYM_0001781; I-cube building ( NUS), 29 Jul-5 Aug 2015, M.S. Foo & W. Wang leg., malaise trap, ZRC _ BDP0042659 View Materials ; Pulau Ubin, PU 1, 1°24’36.3”N, 103°59’25.5”E, 17-24 Nov 2012, J. Puniamoorthy et al. leg., malaise trap, Reg. 29592, ZRC _ BDP0015318 View Materials GoogleMaps ; same locality and collectors as previous, 12-19 Oct 2013, malaise trap, Reg. 30212, ZRC _ BDP0016192 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

Literature. Tan & Corlett (2012); Wang et al. (2018a).

Localities. Bukit Batok; Bukit Timah Nature Reserve; Lorong Banir; Mandai Lake Road; Mandai Road; National University of Singapore campus (Clementi/Kent Ridge); Pulau Ubin.

Habitat/Ecology. This species was found in a broad range of habitats spanning across different levels of the disturbance spectrum, including primary and mature secondary forests, young secondary forest fragments in semi-urban settings, mangrove back forests, scrub and open grasslands. Sometimes, the ants were even observed foraging on impervious surfaces in man-made infrastructure. Nests were found in rotting wood, also in soil at bases of large trees.