Colobopsis vitrea (Smith, 1860)

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
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474008
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-3178-FF88-FF0F-78BCFBA5FED7
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Colobopsis vitrea (Smith, 1860)
status

Treatment

Colobopsis vitrea (Smith, 1860) View in CoL

Material examined. Admiralty , 4 Feb 2015, W. Wang leg., abandoned park, ZRC _ ENT00000974 View Materials ; Bukit Timah forest , 3 Nov 1973, D.H. Murphy leg., ZRC _ HYM_00000968; Tyersall Istana , 9 Jun 1985, D.H. Murphy leg., ZRC _HYM_0000969; Catchment forest (= Central Catchment Nature Reserve ), 15 Sep 1964, D.H. Murphy leg., trunk, ZRC _HYM_0000970; Mandai forest, 15 Jan 2020, W. Wang leg., horizontal trunk of tree, ZRC _ ENT00027940 View Materials ; Pulau Ubin, PU 1, 1°25’11.64’’N, 103°56’6.252’’E, 25 Aug-1 Sep 2012, J. Puniamoorthy et al. leg., malaise trap, Reg. 29436, ZRC _ BDP0015995 View Materials ; Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, SB 1, 1°26’46.3’’N, 103°43’49.9’’E, 16 m, 2012-2014, J. Puniamoorthy et al. leg., malaise trap, ZRC _BDP (multiple) GoogleMaps .

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

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

Localities. Admiralty; Bukit Timah forest; Bukit Timah Road; Central Catchment Nature Reserve; Mandai forest; Pulau Ubin; Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve; Tyersall Istana.

Habitat/Ecology. This species is associated with both mature and young secondary habitat in Singapore, often disturbed secondary forest fragments in urban or semi-urban settings, also abandoned park forests. Alates have been collected using malaise traps from mangrove back forests, but actual nesting sites in mangroves have yet to be found. Colonies have been found in withered bamboo, decayed wood, and hollow twigs of mangosteen trees. Individuals were also found foraging on trunks of living trees.