Camponotus (Myrmamblys) reticulatus sericellus Viehmeyer, 1916

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 : 38

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15473940
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scientific name	Camponotus (Myrmamblys) reticulatus sericellus Viehmeyer, 1916
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Camponotus (Myrmamblys) reticulatus sericellus Viehmeyer, 1916 View in CoL

Material examined. Queen , Prince George’s Park Residences ( NUS), 1.292389, 103.778694, 1-8 Apr 2015, M.S. Foo & W. Wang leg. GoogleMaps , malaise trap, NUS0005, ZRC _ BDP0046220 View Materials ; Sime forest , collection date and collector unknown, ZRC _ ENT00048388 View Materials .

Material not physically examined. Types – CASENT0910532, ANTC32839 ( MHNG); FOCOL2283 – 2288 View Materials ( ZMHB) .

Literature. Type – Viehmeyer (1916); Overbeck (1924) [both as Camponotus (Myrmamblys) bedoti subsp. sericellus ]. Wang et al. (2018a).

Localities. Type locality – Bukit Timah Road. Prince George’s Park Residences ( NUS); Sime forest .

Habitat/Ecology. Type specimens of this subspecies were collected from a garden, “between bark and stem” on a Chiku ( Manilkara zapota ) tree. More recent specimens were sampled from disturbed secondary forest fragments in semi-urban settings.

Remarks. Type locality in Singapore. Minor workers of C. reticulatus sericellus resemble those of C. reticulatus , though the latter appear to have somewhat shorter antennal scapes. At the time of writing, we have insufficient viable material (i.e., aged queen specimen of C. reticulatus in poor condition, no major workers available for comparison) to confidently assess distinguishing features between the two forms. Thus, we maintain status quo for the subspecies sericellus.