Syllophopsis australica (Forel, 1907)

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 : 107

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474457
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-313F-FFCF-FF67-7EBCFC20FED8
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Syllophopsis australica (Forel, 1907)
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Syllophopsis australica (Forel, 1907) View in CoL

Material examined. Queen and workers, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, near BT02, 2 Aug 2017, W. Wang leg., WW-SG17-030, ZRC _ ENT00000986 View Materials ; MacRitchie Reservoir, 9 Jan 2014, Sk. Yamane leg., ZRC _HYM_0000383- 384; Upper Peirce Reservoir, 10 Jan 2014, Sk. Yamane leg., ZRC _HYM_0000385 .

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

Literature. None. New record.

Localities. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve; MacRitchie Reservoir; Upper Peirce Reservoir.

Habitat/Ecology. This species was found in primary forest, and close to walking trails in old/ mature secondary forest. A nest was found in soil at the base of a large tree in primary forest. Individuals were often collected from leaf litter.

Remarks. Most specimens examined for this checklist were originally identified as ‘ Monomorium talpa ’ – now a junior synonym of S. australica .