Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) albosparsus Bingham, 1903

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 : 40-41

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15473956
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scientific name	Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) albosparsus Bingham, 1903
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Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) albosparsus Bingham, 1903 View in CoL

Material examined. Prince George’s Park Residences ( NUS), 1.292389, 103.778694, 8-15 Apr 2015, M.S. Foo & W. Wang leg., malaise trap, NUS0009, ZRC _ BDP0046879 View Materials GoogleMaps ; same locality and collectors as previous, 5-12 Aug 2015, malaise trap, NUS0077, ZRC _ BDP0047381 View Materials GoogleMaps ; Pulau Semakau , 2012-2014, J. Puniamoorthy et al. leg., mangroves, malaise trap, ZRC _ BDP (multiple); Nee Soon Swamp Forest , NS2, 28 Mar-4 Apr 2012, J. Puniamoorthy et al. leg., malaise trap Reg. 29158, ZRC _ BDP0015966 View Materials ; locality unknown, 23 Jul 1996, Sk. Yamane leg., ZRC _ HYM_0000430- 431; Kent Ridge Park , 11 Jan 2014, Sk. Yamane leg. ( SKYC) .

Material not physically examined. Non-types, J.K. Wetterer leg. ( JKWC) – Amber Road , Katong , 28 Jul 2014, vial #339; Pasir Panjang , by MRT station, 5 Aug 2014, vial #484; Punggol , by MRT station, 30 Jul 2014, vial #390; Serangoon, 30 Jul 2014, vial #389; Singapore Botanic Gardens, 5 Aug 2014, vial #480 .

Literature. Li (2006) [as Camponotus bedoti albosparsus ]; Wang et al. (2018a).

Localities. Amber Road (Katong); Kent Ridge Park; Nee Soon Swamp Forest; Pasir Panjang; Prince George’s Park Residences ( NUS); Pulau Semakau; Punggol; Serangoon; Singapore Botanic Gardens.

Habitat/Ecology. Found in both mature and young secondary habitats, including disturbed secondary forest fragments in urban or semi-urban settings, mangrove and swamp forests in Singapore. Individuals were usually found in open areas around or near forest fringes or edges, sometimes under stones, and at bases of trees, close to man-made infrastructure.

Remarks. Workers of this species are typically distinguished from other congeners by a pair of large pale-whitish patches/dots, on each of the first two gastral tergites respectively.