Tetramorium insolens ( Smith, 1861 )

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 : 109

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474469
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-3139-FFC9-FF67-7AE3FDB5FB17
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Tetramorium insolens ( Smith, 1861 )
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Tetramorium insolens ( Smith, 1861) View in CoL

Material examined. Kranji Road , 1 Nov 2016, G.W. Yong leg., ZRC _ ENT00048415 View Materials ; alates and workers, National University of Singapore campus (Clementi/Kent Ridge, multiple sites), Apr-Aug 2015, M.S. Foo & W. Wang leg., malaise trap, ZRC _ BDP (multiple); queen and workers, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve , 14 Mar 2018, W. Wang & M.S. Foo leg., WW-SG18- Tetram 1, ZRC _ ENT00000907 View Materials .

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

Literature. Wang et al. (2018a) [as Tetramorium cf. insolens – ZRC material determined as T. insolens post publication].

Localities. Kranji Road; National University of Singapore campus (Clementi/Kent Ridge); Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.

Habitat/Ecology. Tetramorium insolens is associated with a wide variety of different habitats in Singapore, from mangrove back forest to urban cultivated patches, also disturbed secondary forest fragments in urban or semi-urban settings. In back mangroves, the ants have been found in a thin carton nest on the underside of a thick branch of a living tree.

Remarks. This species is considered a relatively widespread ‘pan-global’ tramp species originating from Indonesia and probably introduced elsewhere ( Bolton 1977). It is morphologically similar to and often misidentified as T. bicarinatum , but may be differentiated by characters detailed in ‘Remarks’ under the latter species section above.