Tetraponera modesta (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 : 138

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474661
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-31DC-FF2C-FD73-78E3FBA8FA17
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Tetraponera modesta (Smith, 1860)
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Tetraponera modesta (Smith, 1860) View in CoL

Material examined. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve , BT 06, 1.35284, 103.77995, 23 Nov 2016, W. Wang leg., ZRC GoogleMaps _ HYM_0000261; same locality as previous, 25 Mar 1968, D.H. Murphy leg., ZRC GoogleMaps _ HYM_0000768-769; Seletar Trail , 1.39532, 103.80228, 5 Mar 2016, M.K.L. Wong leg., ZRC _ ENT00000679 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Material not physically examined. CASENT 0907461, ANTC 28113 ( MHNG) [syntype of Sima fulva ]; CASENT0796039-796040, PSW0857501/ PSW10255-01 ( PSWC).

Literature. Viehmeyer (1916), Overbeck (1924) [both as Sima (Tetraponera) fulva ]; Baroni Urbani (1977) [as Tetraponera fulva ]; Ward (2001).

Localities. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve; Bukit Timah Road; Seletar.

Habitat/Ecology. This arboreal species is associated with primary or old/mature secondary forests in Singapore. Colonies were found in hollows and cavities of fallen branches and twigs. Individuals were sometimes collected from foliage by beating.