Tapinoma andamanense capsincola Forel, 1911

Material examined. Males and workers, I-cube building (NUS), 1.29347, 103.77633, May-Sep 2015, M.S. Foo & W. Wang leg., malaise trap, ZRC _BDP (multiple); Prince George’s Park Residences (NUS), 1.29239, 103.77869, 1-8 Apr 2015, same collectors as previous, ZRC _ BDP0046251; University Hall (NUS), 1.29711, 103.77658, 1-16 Sep 2015, same collectors as previous, ZRC _ BDP0042894.

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

Literature. Viehmeyer (1916), Overbeck (1924).

Localities. Bukit Timah Road; National University of Singapore campus (multiple locations).

Habitat/Ecology. Colonies were found in a garden, specifically in a dry branch of a Jambu tree, in withered bamboo, and in hollow twigs of mangosteen trees. More recent specimens were collected in malaise traps mostly set up in disturbed secondary forest fragments, in semi-urban settings.

Remarks. At the time of writing, Tapinoma andamanense Forel, 1903 is only known by its holotype queen collected from Andaman Island, India. Without queen specimens from Singapore for comparison, we cannot justify the raising of the subspecies capsincola to species. According to original descriptions of T. andamanense capsincola, however, the subspecies queen has a somewhat shorter head that is broader posteriorly.