Camponotus (Myrmotarsus) nigricans enganensis Forel, 1916

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15473948
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scientific name	Camponotus (Myrmotarsus) nigricans enganensis Forel, 1916
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Camponotus (Myrmotarsus) nigricans enganensis Forel, 1916 View in CoL

Material examined. Alate queen, Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum ( NUS), on staircase linking to NUS Museum, 21 Sep 2020, J.S. Tan leg., ZRC _ ENT00028320 View Materials .

Material not physically examined. FOCOL2338 [as type of Camponotus (Myrmotarsus) nigricans subsp. nitidiceps ] ( ZMHB) .

Literature. Viehmeyer (1916), Overbeck (1924) [both as Camponotus (Myrmotarsus) nigricans subsp. nitidiceps ].

Localities. Bukit Timah Road. Single alate queen found at LKCNHM building compound may have dispersed from nest in unknown distant location, exact locality of original nest unverifiable.

Habitat/Ecology. Queens have been found attracted to lamps in a garden.

Remarks. This species was originally described based on the queen. Appearance of workers currently unknown. May be more common than might be inferred from relatively rare occurrences of alate queens.