Rhopalomastix glabricephala Wang, Yong & Jaitrong, 2018

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 : 98

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474406
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-3134-FFC4-FF0F-7A9CFEDBFC37
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Rhopalomastix glabricephala Wang, Yong & Jaitrong, 2018
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Rhopalomastix glabricephala Wang, Yong & Jaitrong, 2018 View in CoL

Material examined. Holotype – Mandai Road, 1.41379, 103.7982, 16 Nov 2016, G.W. Yong & K.H. Pwa leg., GY-SG16-RhoE, ZRC _ ENT00000873 View Materials ; paratypes – same collection data as holotype, ZRC _HYM_0000508. GoogleMaps

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

Literature. Type – Wang et al. (2018c).

Localities. Mandai Road [type]

Habitat/Ecology. The type series was found in mature native-dominated secondary forest, where the ants were nesting in bark of a Tembusu tree. As with other congeners, this species lives in apparent mutualistic association with scale insects ( Diaspididae ). The ants consume the waxy protein-rich cuticular secretions of the diaspidids, in exchange the latter gets protection from external elements or enemies.

Remarks. Type locality in Singapore. At the time of writing, this species is known from Singapore only by the type series collected from a single locality.