Odontomachus simillimus Smith, 1858

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 : 130

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474604
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-31D4-FF24-FF0F-78DCFB4EFAF7
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Odontomachus simillimus Smith, 1858
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Treatment

Odontomachus simillimus Smith, 1858 View in CoL

Material examined. Queen, Bukit Timah, Hindhede Drive, 12 Nov 1989, H.K. Lua leg., ZRC _HYM_0000133; Commonwealth Road, 1.31115, 103.78171, 22-24 Nov 2016, G.W. Yong leg., ZRC _HYM_0001329-1333; HougangAvenue 4, 1.34561, 103.88884, 12-14 Dec 2016, G.W. Yong leg., ZRC _HYM_0001334- 1338; queen, Jurong East, 27 Jul 2018, D. Safaruan leg., ZRC _ ENT00007417 View Materials ; Labrador beach, 29 Apr 1985, D.H. Murphy leg., ZRC _ HYM_0000670; Loyang mangroves, 29 Nov 2002, N. Sivasothi leg., ZRC _ ENT00027922 View Materials ; male, Block 78 Marine Drive, 5 Nov 2016, W. Wang leg., ZRC _ ENT00000895 View Materials ; male, Pulau Semakau New Fragment, SMN3, 1°12’05.6”N, 103°45’46.5”E, 13-20 Sep 2012, J. Puniamoorthy et al. leg., malaise trap, Reg. 29471, ZRC _ BDP0015375 View Materials ; male, Pulau Semakau Old Fragment, SMO2, 1°12’20.2”N, 103°45’35.8”E, 18-25 Oct 2012, same collectors as previous, malaise trap, Reg. 29538, ZRC _ BDP0016524 View Materials ; Pulau Ubin, 1.40308, 103.96924, 4 Dec 2016, G.W. Yong et al. leg., ZRC _HYM_0001083; Seletar Link, 1.40518, 103.88555, 16-18 Oct 2016, G.W. Yong leg., ZRC _HYM_0001339-1344; Sunset Way, 1.32609, 103.77187, 21-23 Sep 2016, ZRC _HYM_0001323-1325; Temasek Polytechnic, adjacent waste woodland, 1.34239, 103.93598, 13-15 Dec 2016, G.W. Yong leg., ZRC _HYM_0001326-1328 GoogleMaps .

Material not physically examined. Non-types, ANIC32-031799 About ANIC ( ANIC); CASENT0009624 About ANIC /9624-D01/9624-D02, ANTC7554 ( CASC). Non-types, J.K. Wetterer leg. ( JKWC) – Katong, Amber Road, 28 Jul 2014, vial #350; Marine Parade, 28 Jul 2014, vials #355, 371; City Hall, by church, 29 Jul 2014, vial #377; Harbourfront, 29 Jul 2014, vial #385; Dhoby Ghaut, Istana Park, 30 Jul 2014, vial #403; Tai Seng, by MRT station, 31 Jul 2014, vial #420; Katong, 1 Aug 2014, vials #445, 449; Buona Vista, by MRT station, 5 Aug 2014, vial #486; Pasir Panjang, by MRT station, 5 Aug 2014, vial #484 .

Literature. Tan & Corlett (2012); Satria et al. (2015).

Localities. Amber Road (Katong); Bukit Timah; Buona Vista; City Hall; Commonwealth Road; Dhoby Ghaut; Harbourfront; Hougang Avenue 4; Jurong East; Katong; Labrador beach; Loyang mangroves; Marine Drive; Marine Parade; Pasir Panjang; Pulau Semakau; Pulau Ubin; Seletar Link; Singapore Botanic Gardens; Sunset Way; Tai Seng; (beside) Temasek Polytechnic.

Habitat/Ecology. This species was found in a wide range of habitats of varying quality and levels of disturbance, including abandoned plantation and waste woodland secondary forests, mangroves and beachside coastal forest. Individuals including winged alates have also been frequently found in or close to urban residential areas and cultivated gardens or parks. Nests were found in soil at the bases of living trees, or in rotting wood or under rocks.