Strumigenys eggersi Emery, 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 : 102

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474424
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-3130-FFC0-FF0F-7843FE76F957
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Strumigenys eggersi Emery, 1890
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Treatment

Strumigenys eggersi Emery, 1890 View in CoL

Material examined. Queens and workers, Prince George’s Park Residences ( NUS), 1.292389, 103.77869, 5 Apr 2017, W. Wang leg., ZRC _ HYM_0000608; alate queens, same locality as previous, May-Jun 2015, M.S. Foo & W. Wang leg., malaise trap, ZRC _BDP (multiple); queens and workers, Pulau Ubin, 22 Oct 2016, W. Wang leg., leaf litter, Winkler extraction, ZRC _ ENT00007274 View Materials ; Sunset Way, 1.32608, 103.77187, 21-23 Sep 2016, G.W. Yong leg., pitfall trap, SW1GPb238, ZRC _ HYM_0001636 GoogleMaps .

Material not physically examined. Non-types, J.K. Wetterer leg. ( USNM) – East Coast Park (Katong part), 1 Aug 2014, vial #442; Marine Parade, 1 Aug 2014, vial #435 .

Literature. Wang & Yamane (2017).

Localities. Prince George’s Park Residences ( NUS); Pulau Ubin; Sunset Way.

Habitat/Ecology. This species was found in disturbed mature or young secondary forest fragments in semi-urban settings, including abandoned plantation secondary forest. Workers and queens were collected mainly from leaf litter or ground debris; multiple alate queens were also collected via malaise traps.

Remarks. An introduced species native to the Neotropical region, S. eggersi has been reported to be an unusually resilient species tolerant of relatively dry environments, and adaptable to a broad range of habitats including highly disturbed forests ( Deyrup 1997; Wang & Yamane 2017).