Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866

Material examined. Kent Ridge, 13 Feb 1985, D.H. Murphy leg., ZRC _HYM_0000790; Mandai forest, at border with Central Catchment Nature Reserve, 1.40933, 103.78339, 13 Nov 2018, W.Wang leg., ZRC _ ENT00007587 .

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

Literature. Viehmeyer (1916); Overbeck (1924); Bolton (2000).

Localities. Bukit Timah Road; Kent Ridge; Mandai forest .

Habitat/Ecology. This species was found in a garden inland, nesting in fibrous tissue about the base of leaves of a coconut palm (‘tree’). Individuals were also found under brick in a semi-urban setting, vegetation-type unknown. The ants were also collected from old/mature secondary forest.

Remarks. Strumigenys godeffroyi is known to be a tramp species widely distributed across islands in the Pacific and Indian Ocean. At the time of writing, substantial material in the ZRC were at best identified to the eponymous godeffroyi species complex, but could not be reliably verified as S. godeffroyi mostly due to poor specimen condition such as abraded hairs. Pilosity is an important state used to differentiate between members of the godeffroyi complex.