Odontomachus litoralis Wang, Yamada & Yamane, 2020

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 : 128-129

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
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scientific name	Odontomachus litoralis Wang, Yamada & Yamane, 2020
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Odontomachus litoralis Wang, Yamada & Yamane, 2020 View in CoL

Material examined. Types – holotype, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 28 Mar 2018, W. Wang & M.S. Foo leg.,WW-SG18- Odonto 1, ZRC _ ENT00013883 View Materials ; paratype male, queens and workers, same collection data as holotype, ZRC _ ENT0000917 View Materials . Non-types – Admiralty , 6 Apr 2019, Benjamin Yeap leg., ZRC _ ENT00048015 View Materials ; Lim Chu Kang mangrove, 1987, Serena Teo leg., ZRC _ ENT00000778 View Materials ; Loyang mangroves, 29 Nov 2002, N. Sivasothi leg., ZRC _ ENT00027921 View Materials ; Mandai mangroves, 1 Apr 2009, S.P. Goh & D. Pitta deAraujo leg., ZRC _ ENT00000774 View Materials ; workers and males, same locality as previous, 15 Oct 1978, D.H. Murphy leg., DHM-SG78- Odo 1, ZRC _ ENT00027918 View Materials ; workers and males, same locality and collector as previous, 18 Oct 1977, DHM-SG77- Odo 1, ZRC _ ENT00027920 View Materials ; Pulau Ubin , Celestial Resort Ubin, 6 Mar 2012, I. Iesa leg., CMBS- M01, ZRC _ ENT00007278 View Materials ; males, queens and workers, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve , 5 Dec 2018, W. Wang et al. leg.,WW-SG18- Odonto 3/4, ZRC _ ENT00007635-7636 View Materials ; males, queens and workers, same locality as previous, 20 Dec 2018, W. Wang & M.S. Foo leg., WW-SG18- Odonto 6/7, ZRC _ ENT00007645-7646 View Materials .

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

Literature. Type – Wang et al. (2020).

Localities. Admiralty ; Lim Chu Kang mangroves; Loyang mangroves; Mandai mangroves; Pulau Ubin; Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve [type] .

Habitat/Ecology. This species is found exclusively in mangroves in Singapore. Nests were usually found in abandoned Thalassina (mud lobster) mounds, sometimes well above maximum tide levels. Nests have also been reported from soil mounds among roots of uprooted trees. Workers were often observed foraging on mud and debris in close proximity to mangrove back forests during low tide.

Remarks. Type locality in Singapore.