Cardiocondyla wroughtonii ( Forel, 1890 )

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 : 70

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474226
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-3110-FFE0-FD73-7A9CFC42FB17
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Cardiocondyla wroughtonii ( Forel, 1890 )
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Material examined. Kranji Road , 1.42638, 103.75413, 8 Nov 2016, G.W. Yong leg., KR1TH1392, ZRC GoogleMaps _ HYM_0001773; same locality and collector as previous, 7 Sep 2016, ZRC _ ENT00048403 View Materials GoogleMaps ; Mandai Road , 1.4119, 103.80513, 29 Nov 2016, G.W. Yong leg., M3D4GH850, ZRC GoogleMaps _ HYM_0001772; Upper Peirce Reservoir , 10 Jan 2014, Sk. Yamane leg. ( SKYC) .

Material not physically examined. CASENT0908352, ANTC29539 ( MHNG) [syntype of C.wroughtonii quadraticeps ]; FOCOL1612 ( ZMHB) [type queen of C.wroughtonii quadraticeps ].

Literature. Forel (1912), Viehmeyer (1916), Overbeck (1924) [all as C. wroughtonii quadraticeps ]. Seifert (2003).

Localities. Bukit Timah Road; Kranji Road; Mandai Road; Upper Peirce Reservoir.

Habitat/Ecology. This species was found in both mature native-dominated, and young waste woodland secondary forests in Singapore, also in gardens. Some specimens were collected on tree trunks.

Remarks. Cardiocondyla wroughtonii is a recognized global tramp species that can thrive in a range of habitats including degraded vegetation in urban or semi-urban settings. Thus, it is highly possible that actual species distribution in Singapore might be broader, and underrepresented by material available for examination at the time of writing.