Colobopsis vitrea angustula ( Emery, 1925 )

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 : 46

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-3178-FF88-FD73-7B43FBE7FC17
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scientific name	Colobopsis vitrea angustula ( Emery, 1925 )
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Colobopsis vitrea angustula ( Emery, 1925)

Material examined. None available.

Material not physically examined. CASENT0915605, ANTC34823 ( NHMW)

Literature. Viehmeyer (1916), Overbeck (1924) [as Camponotus (Colobopsis) vitreus var. angustata ].

Localities. Ayer Terjun (archaic place name); Bukit Timah Road; Changi.

Habitat/Ecology. Colonies have been found in rotten wood and bamboo in gardens; nests seem to occupy deserted termite tunnels or cavities. One colony was reported to be nesting in the stem of a fern, hollowed out to around five feet above ground, with small round entrance holes scattered some distance apart (from each other).

Remarks. The very first recorded specimen of this species was an alate queen collected by Ranson in 1870, from Changi.