Tetramorium pacificum Mayr, 1870

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 : 110-111

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474477
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-3138-FFCB-FD73-7E83FE41FB97
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Tetramorium pacificum Mayr, 1870
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Tetramorium pacificum Mayr, 1870 View in CoL

Material examined. Commonwealth Road , 1.31115, 103.78171, 22-24 Nov 2016, G.W. Yong leg., ZRC GoogleMaps _ HYM_0001758-1759; Icube building ( NUS), 1.29347, 103.77633, Jul-Sep 2015, M.S. Foo & W. Wang leg., malaise trap, ZRC GoogleMaps _ BDP (multiple); Kent Ridge , 20 Apr 1985, D.H. Murphy leg., ZRC _ HYM_0000757; Mandai , 1.4083, 103.77803, 19 Jun 2016, M.K.L. Wong leg., ZRC _ ENT00000700 View Materials GoogleMaps ; Namly forest , 10 May 1985, D.H. Murphy leg., ZRC _ HYM_0000746; Prince George’s Park Residences ( NUS), 1.29239, 103.77869, May-Sep 2015, M.S. Foo & W. Wang leg., ZRC GoogleMaps _ BDP (multiple); Yishun wasteland, 1.42078, 103.84934, 21 Feb 2016, M.K.L. Wong leg., ZRC _ ENT00000699 View Materials GoogleMaps ; Bukit Timah , 14 Apr 1993, Sk. Yamane leg. ( SKYC) ; worker and founding queen, Upper Thomson Nature Park , 9 Dec 2017, Sk. Yamane leg., SG17-SKY-38 ( SKYC) .

Material not physically examined. In Schlick-Steiner et al. (2006) - queen, Singapore Zoo, 12 Jan 2002, H. Zettel leg.; queen, National University of Singapore campus, 26-28 Jan 2002, H. Zettel leg.; 15 queens, same locality as previous, 21 Oct - 7 Nov 2003, H. Zettel leg. (all in ZCW) .

Literature. Schlick-Steiner et al. (2006); Wang et al. (2018a); Yamane et al. (2022).

Localities. Bukit Timah; Commonwealth Road; Kent Ridge; Mandai; Namly forest; National University of Singapore campus (Clementi/ Kent Ridge, multiple sites); Singapore Zoo; Yishun wasteland.

Habitat/Ecology. This species is associated mostly with young secondary forests of varying disturbance levels in Singapore, including waste woodland secondary forest. Individuals have been collected on bamboo, tree trunks, in decayed wood, and on foliage of Wormia (currently known as ‘ Dillenia’) shrubs/trees.

Remarks. The species has a very broad distribution range throughout most of the Oriental and Indo-Australian realms.