Rotastruma recava, Bolton, 1991

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 : 100-101

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
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scientific name	Rotastruma recava
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Rotastruma recava View in CoL Bolton, 1991

Material examined. None available.

Material not physically examined. Paratypes – 3 workers, CASENT0178523, ANTC8732 ( MCZ); 4 queens and 17 workers [ BMNH, MHNG – according to Bolton (1991)]. Non-types – CASENT0010807 – 10808, PSW10254 ( UCDC); 2 queens and 1 male, CASENT0010926 – 10928, PSW10254 ( UCDC); CASENT0102499 View Materials , ANTC4706 View Materials ( MHNG); CASENT0106250 – 106250 View Materials - D01 View Materials / D11, PSW09601 ( UCDC) .

Literature. Paratype – Bolton (1991) .

Localities. Bukit Timah [type]; Peirce Reservoir.

Habitat/Ecology. This species is associated with primary and old/mature secondary rainforest. Apparently arboreal, these ants were found in dead twigs, vines, or dead twigs of vines. Sometimes, individuals were collected from surfaces of tree trunks and/or branches.

Remarks. The secondary type locality for this species is in Singapore, where paratypes were collected. The holotype specimen was collected in Mulu National Park in Sarawak ( Malaysia), the primary type locality.