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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)

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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Asia: Borneo
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Indomalaya

Distribution Notes:

widespread throughout the Philippines

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 4 times found in rainforest edge, 1 times found in second-growth rainforest, 2 times found in gardens and relict rainforest, 2 times found in lower montane mixed dipterocarp forest, 2 times found in mangrove, 2 times found in Mangroves, 2 times found in rainforest, 2 times found in rubber plantation, 1 times found in tropical rainforest, 1 times found in parkland, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 2 times ex dead twig of Mallotus, 1 times ex dead twig, loose in vegetation, 2 times on low vegetation, 2 times Nest in mangrove twig, 2 times foragers on fallen branches of rubber tree, 1 times decay log, 1 times Aporusa sp., 1 times Xanthophyllum affine, 1 times sandstone, 1 times on Avicennia officinalis, 1 times foragers on trees and on path, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 4 times fogging, 1 times Malaise, 1 times beating vegetation and hand collections, 1 times handling, 1 times Malaise trap head, 1 times search.

Elevations: collected from 20 - 650 meters, 187 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1892-02-15 and 2014-07-30

Type specimens: Holotype of Sima (Tetraponera) dilatata: casent0916871; syntype of Sima stipitum: casent0907466; syntype of Tetraponera difficilis: casent0904040; type of Sima (Tetraponera) fulva: focol1176, focol1177, focol1178; type of Sima nitens: focol1179, focol1180, focol1181

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