Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima Smith, 1858

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 : 54

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474087
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-3160-FF90-FD73-7E3CFC70F977
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima Smith, 1858
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Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima Smith, 1858 View in CoL

Material examined. Tyersall Istana , 9 Jun 1985, D.H. Murphy leg., ZRC _ HYM_0000839-841; Fort Siloso (Sentosa), 16 Dec 2016, G.W. Yong leg., ZRC _ HYM_0001045; Bukit Timah , railway track, 12 Dec 2008, H.K. Lua leg., ZRC _ ENT00048390 View Materials .

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

Literature. Viehmeyer (1916), Overbeck (1924) [as Polyrhachis levissima ].

Localities. Bukit Timah; Fort Siloso (Sentosa); Tyersall Istana.

Habitat/Ecology. This species appears to be associated with cultivated or spontaneous secondary vegetation in semi-urban settings. Colonies were found in withered bamboo in gardens, also in shrub foliage surrounding an abandoned building.