Mesoponera rubra ( Smith, 1857 )

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 : 127

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474592
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-312B-FFDB-FD4B-78C3FCC3F997
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mesoponera rubra ( Smith, 1857 )
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Mesoponera rubra ( Smith, 1857) View in CoL

Material examined. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve , 1.35499, 103.78167, 19 Jul 2017, W. Wang leg., WW-SG17-050, ZRC _ ENT00027968 View Materials GoogleMaps ; same locality as previous, 1.35130, 103.77859, 31 Jul 2015, M.K.L. Wong leg., SPT15, ZRC _ ENT00000720 View Materials GoogleMaps ; same locality as previous, 28 Apr 2016, D.J. Court leg., ZRC _ ENT00048450 View Materials GoogleMaps ; locality and collection date unknown, D.H. Murphy leg., ZRC _HYM_0000798; locality and collection date unknown, D.H. Murphy leg., ZRC _ HYM_00000832.

Material not physically examined. Holotype queen – CASENT0901349, ANTC20788 ( OUMNH).

Literature. Type – Smith (1857) [as Ponera rubra ]. Emery (1893, 1911) [as Ponera rubra ].

Localities. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

Habitat/Ecology. This species is associated with primary or old/mature secondary forests in Singapore. Individuals were sometimes found in soil at base of large trees, or collected using pitfall traps.

Remarks. Type locality in Singapore, but specific location unknown. This species was first described based on a dealate queen from Singapore.