Polyrhachis (Myrma) nigropilosa Mayr, 1872

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 : 56

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474099
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-3162-FF92-FD73-787CFB86FA57
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Polyrhachis (Myrma) nigropilosa Mayr, 1872
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Polyrhachis (Myrma) nigropilosa Mayr, 1872 View in CoL

Material examined. MacRitchie , NS 184, 9 Jun 1995, S.L. Goh & B.K.H. Tan leg., ZRC _ ENT00000373 View Materials ; Mandai , 1.4083, 103.77803, 12 Nov 2015, M.K.L. Wong leg., ZRC _ ENT00000733 View Materials GoogleMaps ; Mandai Road , 1.41155, 103.79015, 23 Nov 2016, G.W. Yong leg., M2D2GH1961, ZRC GoogleMaps _ HYM_0001177; Upper Peirce Reservoir , 10 Jan 2014, Sk. Yamane leg., SG14-SKY-47, ZRC _ HYM_0000462; alate queen, Nee Soon Swamp Forest , NS2, 1°23’04.2”N, 103°48’40.7”E, 28 Nov-5 Dec 2012, J. Puniamoorthy et al. leg., malaise trap, Reg. 29611, ZRC _ BDP0009132 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

Literature. Menozzi (1926) [as Polyrhachis nigropilosa conophthalma ]; Mezger & Moreau (2015).

Localities. MacRitchie; Mandai; Nee Soon Swamp Forest; Upper Peirce Reservoir.

Habitat/Ecology. This arboreal species is associated mostly with primary or mature secondary habitats, such as native-dominated secondary and swamp forests, as well as young secondary forests in Singapore. Nests have been found in decayed branches.