Myrmoteras barbouri Creighton, 1930

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 : 49

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
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scientific name	Myrmoteras barbouri Creighton, 1930
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Myrmoteras barbouri Creighton, 1930 View in CoL

Material examined. None available.

Material not physically examined. ANIC 32- 014921, Shattuck1345232397 ( ANIC).

Literature. Moffett (1985, 1986).

Localities. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

Habitat/Ecology. This species is associated with primary and old or mature secondary forests in Singapore. Individuals can be found in leaf litter on forest floors. These ants have also been found in disturbed primary forest, at around 100 m elevation - a nest was found in a soil crevice beneath leaf litter.

Remarks. Voucher specimens of this species are unavailable in ZRC, or have not been identified from unsorted material. Original labels of material in ANIC describe habitat as ‘degrad- ed coastal hill forest on granite’, but this may not be an accurate description of the forest in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve where specimens were collected.