Ooceraea biroi (Forel, 1907)

Material examined. Mandai, 1.40699, 103.77853, 19 Sep 2015, M.K.L. Wong leg., leaf litter, Berlese extraction, ZRC _ ENT00000670 ; Pearl’s Hill City Park, 21 Aug 2017, J. Choi leg., Jchoi-SG17-01, ZRC _HYM_0001748; MacRitchie forest, 30 Aug 1982, D.H. Murphy leg., ZRC _ ENT00027945 .

Material not physically examined. Paralectotype of Cerapachys (Syscia) biroi, CASENT 0907059, ANTC27237 (MHNG) . Syntype of C. biroi, CASENT 0916710, ANTC44062 (HNHM Budapest) .

Literature. Type – Forel (1907) [ Cerapachys (Syscia) biroi].

Localities. MacRitchie; Mandai; Pearl’s Hill City Park.

Habitat/Ecology. Both mature and young secondary forests, also cultivated land in urban or semi-urban settings such as parks. Nests were often found in soil under rocks, or in old rotten logs typically filled with soil or abandoned termite nest residue. Individuals were sometimes collected from leaf litter.

Remarks. Type locality in Singapore.