Pheidole singaporensis

Maruyama et al. (2023) found P. singaporensis nesting at the base of a large living tree in Thailand.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Philippines, Singapore. Oriental Region: India, Pakistan.

Nomenclature

 * longipes. Myrmica longipes Smith, F. 1857a: 70, pl. 1, fig. 6 (w.) SINGAPORE. Combination in Ischnomyrmex: Mayr, 1862: 739; Emery, 1922e: 114; in Aphaenogaster: Emery, 1895k: 470; Bingham, 1903: 272; in Pheidole (Isopheidole): Forel, 1912m: 765; in P. (Ischnomyrmex): Forel, 1913k: 49; Viehmeyer, 1914d: 608; in Pheidole: Bolton, 1995b: 324. Crawley, 1924: 391 (s.q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1953b: 80 (l.). Unresolved junior secondary homonym of Formica longipes Latreille, above: Bolton, 1995b: 324. Replacement name: singaporensis Özdikmen, 2010b: 804. See also: Eguchi, 2001b: 71.
 *  singaporensis. Pheidole singaporensis Özdikmen, 2010b: 804. Replacement name for Myrmica longipes Smith, F. 1857a: 70. [Junior secondary homonym of Formica longipes Latreille, 1802c: 233.] Current subspecies: nominal plus conicollis, continentis (unresolved junior homonym), pseudola.

Myrmica longipes

Three worker syntypes in. Card with two syntypes labelled “Sing. 28,” card with a single syntype labelled “Singapore, Wallace.”

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