Strumigenys emmae ( Emery, 1890 )

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 : 102

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
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scientific name	Strumigenys emmae ( Emery, 1890 )
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Strumigenys emmae ( Emery, 1890) View in CoL

Material examined. Queens and males, I-cube building ( NUS), 1.293472, 103.77633, Jun- Sep 2015, M.S. Foo & W. Wang leg., malaise trap, ZRC GoogleMaps _ BDP (multiple); alate queen, Kranji Road , 1.42638, 103.75413, 8-10 Nov 2016, G.W. Yong leg., ZRC GoogleMaps _ HYM_0001637; Labrador beach, collection date unknown, D.H. Murphy leg., ZRC _ HYM_0000780; Pulau Ubin , 7 Jan 2014, Sk. Yamane leg., ZRC _ ENT00000970 View Materials ; male, University Town ( NUS), 1.30622, 103.77458, 29 Jul – 5 Aug 2015, M.S. Foo & W. Wang leg., malaise trap, ZRC _ BDP0042899 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Material not physically examined. Non-types, J.K. Wetterer leg. ( USNM) – East Coast Park (Katong part), 1 Aug 2014, vial #442; Hougang, 30 Jul 2014, vial #402; Kranji, by MRT station, 2 Aug 2014, vial #452; Pasir Panjang, by MRT station, 5 Aug 2014, vial #483; Serangoon, 30 Jul 2014, vial #389.

Literature. Szabó (1909), Donisthorpe (1916), Bolton (2000) [all as Epitritus clypeatus ].

Localities. I-cube building ( NUS); Kranji Road; Labrador beach; Pulau Ubin; University Town ( NUS).

Habitat/Ecology. This species was found in a sandy beach, also disturbed secondary forest fragments or open grassy patches in semi-urban settings, including waste woodland forest. On one occasion, individuals were found on decayed wood. Multiple alates were collected from secondary and/or open habitats via malaise traps.

Remarks. A recognized and apparently successful pantropical tramp species, S. emmae is deemed to have originated from Australia ( Bolton 2000) or Australasia ( Wetterer 2015), and spread nearly worldwide by human commerce and natural dispersal. The species is known to frequently thrive in highly disturbed and anthropogenically-modified habitats such as beaches and gardens ( Wetterer 2012b).