Nylanderia kraepelini ( Forel, 1905 )

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 : 50

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474058
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-3164-FF94-FF0F-7E83FBECFDF7
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Nylanderia kraepelini ( Forel, 1905 )
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Nylanderia kraepelini ( Forel, 1905) View in CoL

Material examined. Dairy Farm Nature Park , 1.36385, 103.77731, 15 Oct 2021, W.N. Lam leg., ZRC _ ENT00057794 View Materials GoogleMaps ; MacRitchie Reservoir Park , 12-27 Oct 2021, same collector as previous, ZRC _ ENT00057796-57797 View Materials , ZRC _ ENT00057800-57802 View Materials ; Pulau Ubin , 1.41984, 103.93272, 17 Nov 2021, same collector as previous, ZRC _ ENT00057795 View Materials GoogleMaps ; workers and alate queen, Upper Peirce Reservoir Park , 11-27 Oct 2021, same collector as previous, ZRC _ ENT00057793 View Materials , ZRC _ ENT00057798- 57799 View Materials , ZRC _ ENT00057803-57804 View Materials .

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

Literature. None. New record.

Localities. Dairy Farm; MacRitchie Reservoir; Pulau Ubin; Upper Peirce Reservoir.

Habitat/Ecology. This species was collected from leaf litter in primary and/or old or mature secondary dryland forests, and swamp forest. Individuals were often numerous when found.

Remarks. Nylanderia kraepelini can be distinguished from other congeners by: 1) its relative small size (i.e., 1.3 – 1.4 mm), 2) microreticulate head and gaster - in contrast with a smooth and shining mesosoma, 3) relatively small eye — roughly 6-8 ommatidia along its maximum diameter in profile.