Carebara silenus (Smith, 1858)

Material examined. Male, University Hall (NUS), 1.29711, 103.77658, 6-13 May 2015, M.S. Foo & W. Wang leg., malaise trap, NUS0028, ZRC _ BDP0041385 .

Material not physically examined. Syntypes – CASENT0900737 -900738, ANTC19789 (BMNH)[types of Pheidologeton silenus] .

Literature. Type – Smith (1858) [as Pheidole silenus]. Moffett (1988a), Yamane (2003) [both as Pheidologeton silenus].

Localities. University Hall (NUS)

Habitat/Ecology. Similar foraging and/or hunting tactics as with Carebara diversa, but lacking the stable trunk trails unique to the latter (Moffett 1988a). There is no available information on the habitat in which the type series was obtained. This species may likely be found in mature or old secondary forest fragments, in urban or semi-urban settings, where it sometimes appears to thrive in sympatry with C. diversa .

Remarks. Type locality in Singapore.