Tetramorium smithi Mayr, 1879

Material examined. Kent Ridge, 25 Apr 1985, D.H. Murphy leg., ZRC _HYM_0000756; Mandai Lake Road, N 01°24’19.3’’, E 103°46’56.2’’, 73 m a.s.l., 26 Mar 2020, W. Zhang leg., ZRC _ ENT00047776 .

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

Literature. Viehmeyer (1916), Overbeck (1924) [both as Xiphomyrmex smithi var. kanarense]. Tan & Corlett (2012).

Localities. Bukit Timah Road; Kent Ridge.

Habitat/Ecology. This tiny species was found mostly in disturbed young or mature secondary forests, in clay mounds and fallen rotting wood or logs. A colony was also found in the ground of a garden.