Metapone murphyi

The offshore island where M. murphyi was collected, Pulau Sakra, used to be mostly forest and swampland, before being merged with other islands in close vicinity and developed for establishment of oil refining facilities after 1985.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Singapore.

Nomenclature

 *  murphyi. Metapone murphyi Wang, Yamada & Eguchi, 2019: 128, figs. 1-23 (w.q.m.) SINGAPORE.