Leptogenys peuqueti (André, 1887)

Material examined. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, 8 Sep 2005, collector unknown, ZRC _ HYM_0000276; same locality as previous, collection date unknown, D.H. Murphy leg., C2-1, ZRC _HYM_0000683; same locality as previous, 25 Dec 1989, H.K. Lua leg., ZRC _ ENT00000242; Labrador beach, 29 Apr 1985, D.H. Murphy leg., DHM-SG85- Lep 1, ZRC _ ENT00047823 ; Lower Peirce Reservoir Road, Aug 1990, collector unknown, ZRC _ ENT00000153 ; Mandai Lake Road, N 01°24’19.3’’, E 103°46’56.2’’, 73 m, 26 Mar 2020, W. Zhang leg.,WZ_MIS_020, ZRC _ ENT00047799 ; Rifle Range Road, pipeline track, 26 Jan 1986, D.H. Murphy leg., DHM-SG86- Lep 1, ZRC _ ENT00047822 ; beside Temasek Polytechnic, 1.34355, 103.93572, 13-15 Dec 2016, G.W. Yong et al. leg., TT2G- Pd 561, ZRC _ ENT00047862 ; Prince George’s Park Residences (NUS), 6 Dec 2017, Sk. Yamane leg. (SKYC) .

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

Literature. Viehmeyer (1916); Overbeck (1924) [both as Leptogenys (Lobopelta) peuqueti].

Localities. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve; Bukit Timah Road; Labrador beach; Lower Peirce Reservoir Road; Prince George’s Park Residences (NUS); Mandai Lake Road; Rifle Range Road; Temasek Polytechnic (adjacent waste woodland).

Habitat/Ecology. This species is associated mostly with primary or old/mature secondary forests, sometimes also in young secondary forest including coastal beach forest, and cultivated gardens in Singapore. Individuals and nests have been sampled from inside fallen rotting or decayed wood, and logs.