Camponotus (Myrmamblys) reticulatus Roger, 1863

Camponotus (Myrmamblys) reticulatus Roger, 1863 View in CoL

Material examined. Mandai mangrove, 2 Nov 1976, D.H. Murphy leg., ZRC _ HYM_0000945; alate queen and worker, same locality as previous, 2 Oct 1970, D.H. Murphy leg., ZRC _HYM_0000633; Namly Avenue, 25 Apr 1985, D.H. Murphy leg., forest, ZRC _ HYM_0000946; Kent Ridge, 24 Jun 1985, D.H. Murphy leg., ZRC _HYM_0000947-949 .

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

Literature. None; new record.

Localities. Kent Ridge; Mandai mangrove; Namly Avenue.

Habitat/Ecology. This species is usually associated with both mature and young secondary habitats in Singapore, mostly disturbed forest fragments in urban or semi-urban parklands, and mangrove forests. The ants can be found in damp logs, sometimes on the ground un- der Eugenia plants, in close association with planthoppers ( Flatidae ). In mangroves, a nest was found in a twig of Sonneratia .

Remarks. This species is superficially similar to C. bedoti , especially in the unique convex lateral profile of the propodeal dorsum. Minor workers of C. reticulatus can be differentiated from C. bedoti based on the following ( C. bedoti traits in parentheses): 1) largely dark reddish-brown in colour, with front edge of head including malar area brownish-yellow (largely black, including the malar area), 2) entire body generally densely reticulate-punctate, appearing rather dull or weakly shining (body largely finely reticulate-punctate and shiny, gaster sparsely punctate and shining, sometimes superficially reticulate), 3) body covered with dense appressed hairs or pubescence (body with much sparser pubescence, the gaster especially with dispersed punctures bearing standing hairs), 4) dorsum of propodeum more strongly depressed, i.e., propodeal ‘saddle’ more distinct (propodeal dorsum weakly depressed, propodeal saddle indistinct).