Philidris laevigata (Emery, 1895)

Material examined. Rifle Range Road, 6 Dec 2017, W. Wang leg., hand collection (day), WW-SG17-045, ZRC _ ENT00014140 .

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

Literature. Viehmeyer (1916), Overbeck (1924) [as ‘ Iridomyrmex levigatus ’]; Baroni Urbani (1977) [as ‘ Iridomyrmex laevigatus jactans’].

Localities. Ayer Terjun (archaic place name); Botanic Gardens; Bukit Timah Nature Reserve; Chua Chu Kang; Pulau Bulang; Rifle Range Road; Ulu Beri

Habitat/Ecology. Found mostly in primary or mature secondary habitat in Singapore, including native-dominated secondary forest. Colonies have been observed in (hollows of) bamboo and hollow branches, in bark fissures or under loose bark of trees, covered up with earth. The ants typically form carton trunk trails near and around bases of trees.