Euponera sharpi Forel, 1901

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 : 121

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474550
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scientific name	Euponera sharpi Forel, 1901
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Euponera sharpi Forel, 1901 View in CoL

Material examined. Queen and workers, Namly Avenue, 28 Apr 1985, D.H. Murphy leg., DHM-SG85- Eup 1, ZRC _ ENT00027961 View Materials ; Pulau Ubin , 7 Jan 2014, Sk. Yamane leg., ZRC _ HYM_0000450; Upper Seletar Reservoir , 4 Oct 2020, G.W. Yong leg., GY-SG20-002, ZRC _ ENT00028567 View Materials .

Material not physically examined. Syntype – CASENT0907284 , ANTC27598 ( MHNG) .

Literature. Type – Forel (1901)[as Euponera (Pseudoponera) sharpi ]. Viehmeyer (1916), Overbeck (1924) [both as Euponera (Trachymesopus) sharpi ].

Localities. Bukit Timah Road [type]; Namly Avenue ; Pulau Ubin; Upper Seletar Reservoir .

Habitat/Ecology. This species was found in both young and mature secondary forests of varying levels of disturbance in Singapore, including disturbed wasteland secondary forest fragments or scrub in semi-urban settings. Individuals could be found in soil around roots of old fallen trees, or under rocks. Colonies were sometimes observed living together with termites.

Remarks. Type locality in Singapore.