Leptogenys kraepelini Forel, 1905

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 : 125

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
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scientific name	Leptogenys kraepelini Forel, 1905
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Leptogenys kraepelini Forel, 1905 View in CoL

Material examined. Alate queens, males, and workers, National University of Singapore (multiple sites), Apr-Sep 2015, M.S. Foo & W. Wang leg., malaise trap, ZRC _BDP (multiple); National University of Singapore campus, 13 Oct 2016, P. Escoubas leg., Esco- SG16-SG005, ZRC _ ENT00047817-47819 View Materials ; Pulau Ubin, 15 Oct 2016, P. Escoubas leg., SG016-18, ZRC (uncatalogued); Seletar, 18 Oct 2016, same collector as previous, SG023, ZRC (uncatalogued) .

Material not physically examined. Singapore Botanic Gardens , 5 Aug 2014, J.K. Wetterer leg., vial #477 ( JKWC) .

Literature. Wang et al. (2018a).

Localities. National University of Singapore campus (Clementi/Kent Ridge); Pulau Ubin; Seletar; Singapore Botanic Gardens.

Habitat/Ecology. This species was often found mostly in disturbed secondary forest fragments in urban or semi-urban settings, including waste woodland forest. Numerous alates were collected from cultivated grass patches or scrubland in urban settings using malaise traps. Nests were sometimes found in fallen rotting wood.

Remarks. Broad morphological variation was observed between samples determined as L. kraepelini sensu lato, suggesting possible cryptic species or a species complex. Pending the availability of empirical evidence proving multiple species, for this checklist we tentatively treat all variants as conspecific.