Tetraponera extenuata Ward, 2001

Material examined. Paratype - BukitTimah, 100m, 20 Nov 1988, P.S. Ward leg., ZRC _6_20705. Non-types - Mandai Bike Trail, 1.4083, 103.77803, 19 Jun 2016, M.K.L. Wong leg., ZRC _ ENT00000678 ; Nee Soon Swamp Forest, NS2, 1°23’04.2”N, 103°48’40.7”E, 2-9 May 2012, J. Puniamoorthy et al. leg., malaise trap, Reg. 29221, ZRC _ BDP0014635 ; Pulau Ubin, PU1, 1°24’36.3”N, 103°59’25.5”E, 12- 19 Oct 2013, M.S. Foo et al. leg., malaise trap, Reg. 30212, ZRC _ BDP0016184 .

Material not physically examined. Holotype – CASENT0902824, PSW09570 (BMNH) . Paratypes – CASENT0761615, PSW09570 (PSWC); queen and workers, CASENT 0796004 - 796007, PSW09570 (PSWC) . Non-types – CASENT0796008 -796011 (PSWC); CASENT0217591, ANTC17842 (CASC).

Literature. Type — Ward (2001).

Localities. Bukit Timah [type]; Kent Ridge; Mandai; Nee Soon Swamp Forest; Peirce Reservoir; Pulau Ubin; Seletar Reservoir .

Habitat/Ecology. This arboreal species is associated mostly with primary or old/mature secondary forests in Singapore, including native-dominated secondary rainforest and freshwater swamp forest. Both colonies and individuals, including the type series, have been found in dead twigs of Timonius sp. and Rhodamnia trinervia . Individuals have occasionally been collected in malaise traps set up in mangroves and swamp forest.

Remarks. Type locality in Singapore.