Solenopsis overbecki Viehmeyer, 1916

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 : 101

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474422
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-3131-FFC1-FD4B-7A9CFB2DFAF7
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Solenopsis overbecki Viehmeyer, 1916
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Solenopsis overbecki Viehmeyer, 1916 View in CoL

Material examined. Mandai forest , 7 Jun 2018, W. Wang leg., WW-SG18-001, ZRC _ ENT00027959 View Materials ; same locality and collector as previous, 7 Jun 2018, W. Wang leg., WW-SG18-003, ZRC _ ENT00047997 View Materials ; Nee Soon forest , 26 Apr 2018, W. Wang leg., WW-SG18-007, ZRC _ ENT00047962 View Materials ; Pulau Ubin , 1.41320, 103.97720, 17 Nov 2021, W.N. Lam leg., ZRC _ ENT00057811 View Materials GoogleMaps ; Upper Peirce Reservoir Park , 1.35229, 103.82450, 21 Oct 2021, same collector as previous, ZRC _ ENT00057812 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Material not physically examined. Types – CASENT0908878, ANTC31310 ( MHNG); 3 queens and 3 workers, FOCOL1870 – 1875 ( ZMHB) .

Literature. Type – Viehmeyer (1916); Overbeck (1924).

Localities. Bukit Timah Road [type]; Mandai ; Nee Soon forest ; Pulau Ubin; Upper Peirce Reservoir .

Habitat/Ecology. The type series was collected from a garden, where the colony was found in the narrow passages within a broken branch piece on the ground. The type colony is described to be polygynous with multiple dealate queens. In more recent times, the species was also found in old or mature secondary forests, either in leaf litter, or nesting inside root cavities embedded in soil mounds next to termite nests. In one instance, the ants were also found nesting in bark of Rhodamnia cinera .

Remarks. Type locality in Singapore.