Prionopelta kraepelini Forel, 1905

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 : 22

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
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scientific name	Prionopelta kraepelini Forel, 1905
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Material examined. Males , Prince George’s Park Residences ( NUS), 1.292389°N, 103.778694°E, 3-10 Jun 2015, M.S. Foo and W. Wang leg., malaise trap, ZRC _ BDP0041602 View Materials , 46318 View Materials GoogleMaps ; Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve , 1°26’46.3”N 103°43’49.9”E, 7-14 Nov 2012, J. Puniamoorthy et al. leg., malaise trap, ZRC _ BDP0017406 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

Literature. Wang et al. (2018a).

Localities. Prince George’s Park Residences (National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge campus); Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.

Habitat/Ecology. This species was collected from disturbed secondary forest fragments in urban or semi-urban settings, and also mangroves.

Remarks. This species was identified primarily from males collected via malaise traps. Considering the hypogaeic nature of P. kraepelini , it is unlikely that the species nests in actual mangroves – the tidal zone that undergoes periodic inundation. Winged males collected from mangrove malaise traps may have originated from drier grounds in adjacent back mangroves.