Pheidole magrettii Emery, 1887

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 : 91

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
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scientific name	Pheidole magrettii Emery, 1887
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Pheidole magrettii Emery, 1887 View in CoL

Material examined. Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve , 1.44614, 103.73048, 14 Mar 2018, M.S. Foo leg., WW-SG18- Phei 1, ZRC _ ENT00000901 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

Literature. None. New record.

Localities. Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Habitat/Ecology. This species was found nesting in fallen rotting wood in mangrove back forest.

Remarks. A few hours after collection, majors and minors of this species were observed to each possess a pair of conspicuous opaque bright yellow spots/patches at base of gaster (first gastral tergite), spots dissipated 2 days after collection — possibly midgut or crop contents, fatty mass. The major worker confers most with P. magrettii sensu lato, with lateral face of occipital lobe and gena mostly smooth and shiny.