Pristomyrmex brevispinosus 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 : 96

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474392
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-310A-FFFA-FF0F-7F03FC70FCB7
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Pristomyrmex brevispinosus Emery, 1887
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Pristomyrmex brevispinosus Emery, 1887 View in CoL

Material examined. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve , 1.35127, 103.78161, 28 Jun 2017, W. Wang leg., ZRC GoogleMaps _ HYM_0001733; Kent Ridge Park, YM site 2, 7 Dec 2017, W. Wang leg., ZRC _ ENT00027982 View Materials ; workers, alate queen and male, same locality and collection date as previous, F. Ito leg. ( SKYC) ; Mandai Lake Road, 5 Nov 2016, G.W. Yong leg., ZRC _ ENT00048421 View Materials ; Mandai Road , 1.41258, 103.79839, 21-23 Nov 2016, G.W. Yong leg., ZRC GoogleMaps _ HYM_0001706-1707; same locality as previous, 1.41343, 103.79386, 21-23 Nov 2016, G.W. Yong et al. leg., M1D16TPc1996, ZRC _ ENT00047917 View Materials GoogleMaps ; Pulau Ubin , 4 Dec 2016, G.W. Yong leg., ZRC _ ENT00027981 View Materials ; Upper Thomson Nature Park , 1.38311, 103.79839, 19 Oct 2016, G.W. Yong leg., UT2GH1620, ZRC GoogleMaps _HYM_0001705.

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

Literature. None. New record.

Localities. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve; Kent Ridge Park; Mandai Lake Road; Mandai Road; Pulau Ubin; Upper Thomson Nature Park .

Habitat/Ecology. This species was mainly found in disturbed secondary forests across a range of ages (young – old), including abandoned plantation and native-dominated secondary forests. Individuals were typically collected from soil and root substrate matrices at bases of trees, rotting fallen tree trunks, and sometimes on tree trunks.