Paratopula oculata ( Smith, 1857 )

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 : 89

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scientific name	Paratopula oculata ( Smith, 1857 )
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Material examined. Dealate queen, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, SB 2, 1°26’47.7”N, 103°43’49.9”E, 24-31 Oct 2012, J. Puniamoorthy et al. leg., malaise trap, Reg. 29544, ZRC _ BDP0016446 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Material not physically examined. One female specimen (queen) in BMNH – identified by Bolton (1988).

Literature. Bolton (1988).

Localities. Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Habitat/Ecology. A single queen was found in a malaise trap sample from mangroves.

Remarks. Queens and males of this species can be distinguished from other congeners by the presence of long, acutely-pointed, curved fine hairs projecting from the tibiae, also similar long and fine curved standing hairs on entire body dorsum, including the head ( Bolton 1988).