Polyrhachis (Polyrhachis) olybria Forel, 1912

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 : 65

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474185
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scientific name	Polyrhachis (Polyrhachis) olybria Forel, 1912
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Polyrhachis (Polyrhachis) olybria Forel, 1912 View in CoL

Material examined. Race Course forest , 22 Jun 1977, D.H. Murphy leg., ZRC _ HYM_0000971 .

Material not physically examined. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, 30 Apr 1967, D.H. Murphy leg. (in Kohout 2014).

Literature. Kohout (2014).

Localities. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve; Race Course forest.

Habitat/Ecology. This species is associated with primary and/or mature secondary forests in Singapore. Individuals have been found along forest trails, or among low vegetation.

Remarks. Despite being considered a relatively common species in Southeast Asia, P. olybria appears limited to areas of good quality forest in Singapore.