Technomyrmex albipes (Smith, 1861)

Material examined. Pulau Ubin village, 7 Jan 2014, Sk. Yamane leg., SG14-SKY-17, ZRC _ HYM_0000437; Sungei Buloh, 8 Jan 2014, Sk. Yamane leg., ZRC _HYM_0000438. Male, Prince George’s Park Residences (NUS), 1.292389N, 103.778694E, 19-26 Aug 2015, M.S. Foo and W. Wang leg., malaise trap, ZRC _ BDP0047424 .

Material not physically examined. Unknown.

Literature. Viehmeyer (1916), Overbeck (1924); Bolton (2007).

Localities. Bukit Timah Hill; Bukit Timah Road; Nee Soon; Prince George’s Park Residences (NUS); Pulau Ubin; Sungei Buloh.

Habitat/Ecology. Colonies were found in a garden — in rotten wood, hollow branches and withered bamboo. The ants were also found in disturbed secondary, swamp forests, and mangroves, where a colony was found in a dead twig on a tree.

Remarks. Known to be a highly successful tramp species able to nest and forage in both groundlevel and arboreal environments (Bolton 2007), also commonly found in parks and other urban settings elsewhere.