Leptogenys diminuta (Smith, 1857)

Material examined. Males and workers, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, 30 Sep 1964, D.H. Murphy, A-292-11, DHM-SG64- Lep 1, ZRC _ ENT00027949 ; same locality and collector as previous, Fern Valley contour, 14 May 1967, DHM-SG67- Lep 1, ZRC _ ENT00027950 ; same locality as previous, 1965, collector unknown, ZRC _ ENT00048393 .

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

Literature. None. New record (see Remarks).

Localities. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

Habitat/Ecology. This species is associated with primary or mature secondary forests in Singapore. Individuals were found in rotting wood, under bark of fallen dead trees, or in leaf litter and soil debris.

Remarks. Supposed historical literature records of this species in Singapore (i.e., Viehmeyer 1916, Overbeck 1924) actually reported specimens from Gunong Angsi in Malaysia, not Singapore. This error has unfortunately been perpetuated in contemporary online databases and some secondary literature sources, e.g. Xu & He (2015).