Rhopalomastix tenebra 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 : 100

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474418
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-3136-FFC6-FF0F-7FDCFBC5FCB7
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Rhopalomastix tenebra Wang, Yong & Jaitrong, 2018
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Rhopalomastix tenebra Wang, Yong & Jaitrong, 2018 View in CoL

Material examined. Holotype – Upper Thomson Nature Park , 1.38653, 103.81938, 24 Oct 2016, G.W. Yong & S.X. Chui leg., durian tree, GY-SG16-RhoB, ZRC _ ENT00000877 View Materials ; paratype male, queens and workers, same collection data as holotype, ZRC _ HYM_0000288. Non-types – Bukit Timah Nature Reserve , 9 Mar 1983, D.H. Murphy leg., ZRC _HYM_0000686; Mandai forest, 1.40843, 103.78326, 13 Nov 2018, W. Wang leg., WW-SG18- Rho 4, ZRC _ ENT00007585 View Materials ; Namly Avenue, 28 Apr 1985, D.H. Murphy leg., DHM-85- Rho 1, ZRC _ ENT00000885 View Materials ; Upper Thomson Road, 11 Oct 2016, G.W. Yong leg., ZRC _HYM_0001015-1022. GoogleMaps

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

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

Localities. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve ; Mandai forest ; Namly Avenue ; Upper Thomson Nature Park [type]; Upper Thomson Road .

Habitat/Ecology. This species was found mainly in old/mature and young secondary forests in Singapore, including abandoned plantation forest. Nests were found in bark of large dipterocarp trees such as durian.

Remarks. Type locality in Singapore.