Tetramorium kheperra (Bolton, 1976)

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
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-3139-FFC9-FF67-7F03FB0DFE97
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Tetramorium kheperra
status

Treatment

Tetramorium kheperra View in CoL ( Bolton, 1976)

Material examined. Upper Peirce Reservoir , 10 Jan 2014, Sk. Yamane leg., ZRC _ HYM_0000415-417 .

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

Literature. None. New record.

Localities. Upper Peirce Reservoir

Habitat/Ecology. This species was found in either primary or old/mature secondary forest, near a walking trail.

Remarks. Tetramorium kheperra is known to be a widespread tramp species, where individuals are mostly collected from disturbed habitats. In view of this, its actual prevalence in Singapore may be underrepresented in sorted ZRC material examined for this checklist.