Pristomyrmex costatus Wang, 2003

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 : 96-97

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474396
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-310A-FFC5-FD73-79A3FE0CFE17
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Pristomyrmex costatus Wang, 2003
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Pristomyrmex costatus Wang, 2003 View in CoL

Material examined. Mandai , 1.40144, 103.77702, 7 Apr 2016, M.K.L. Wong leg., Winkler extraction, ZRC _ ENT00000696 View Materials GoogleMaps ; Prince George’s Park Residences ( NUS), 1.29239, 103.7787, 3 May 2017, W. Wang leg., ZRC GoogleMaps _ HYM_0001171; same locality as previous, 6 Dec 2017, Sk. Yamane leg. ( SKYC) GoogleMaps ; Seletar Reservoir , 16 May 1994, collector unknown, NS 134B, ZRC _ ENT00000266 View Materials ; Upper Thomson Road , 2 Oct 2016, G.W. Yong leg., ZRC _ HYM_0001046; Western Catchment , 1.40866, 103.70185, 20 Nov 2015, M.K.L. Wong leg., ZRC _ ENT00000695 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Material not physically examined. In Wang (2003) but specimen repositories not specified – Nee Soon Swamp forest, R.W. Taylor leg., collection date unavailable; Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, D.H. Murphy leg., collection date unavailable.

Literature. Wang (2003).

Localities. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve; Mandai; Nee Soon Swamp Forest; Prince George’s Park Residences ( NUS); Seletar Reservoir; Upper Thomson Road; Western Catchment.

Habitat/Ecology. This species is associated mostly with old/mature secondary forests in Singapore, including native-dominated forest and swamp forest. It was sometimes also found in young abandoned plantation secondary forest fragments. Levels of disturbance vary widely between forest sites. Individuals of this species were usually found in leaf litter, sometimes on tree branches. Nests were collected from rotten logs.