Leptogenys peuqueti ( André, 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 : 126-127

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
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scientific name	Leptogenys peuqueti ( André, 1887 )
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Leptogenys peuqueti ( André, 1887) View in CoL

Material examined. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve , 8 Sep 2005, collector unknown, ZRC _ HYM_0000276; same locality as previous, collection date unknown, D.H. Murphy leg., C2-1, ZRC _ HYM_0000683; same locality as previous, 25 Dec 1989, H.K. Lua leg., ZRC _ ENT00000242 View Materials ; Labrador beach, 29 Apr 1985, D.H. Murphy leg., DHM-SG85- Lep 1, ZRC _ ENT00047823 View Materials ; Lower Peirce Reservoir Road , Aug 1990, collector unknown, ZRC _ ENT00000153 View Materials ; Mandai Lake Road, N 01°24’19.3’’, E 103°46’56.2’’, 73 m, 26 Mar 2020, W. Zhang leg.,WZ_MIS_020, ZRC _ ENT00047799 View Materials ; Rifle Range Road , pipeline track, 26 Jan 1986, D.H. Murphy leg., DHM-SG86- Lep 1, ZRC _ ENT00047822 View Materials ; beside Temasek Polytechnic , 1.34355, 103.93572, 13-15 Dec 2016, G.W. Yong et al. leg., TT2G- Pd 561, ZRC _ ENT00047862 View Materials GoogleMaps ; Prince George’s Park Residences ( NUS), 6 Dec 2017, Sk. Yamane leg. ( SKYC) .

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

Literature. Viehmeyer (1916); Overbeck (1924) [both as Leptogenys (Lobopelta) peuqueti ].

Localities. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve; Bukit Timah Road; Labrador beach; Lower Peirce Reservoir Road; Prince George’s Park Residences ( NUS); Mandai Lake Road; Rifle Range Road; Temasek Polytechnic (adjacent waste woodland).

Habitat/Ecology. This species is associated mostly with primary or old/mature secondary forests, sometimes also in young secondary forest including coastal beach forest, and cultivated gardens in Singapore. Individuals and nests have been sampled from inside fallen rotting or decayed wood, and logs.