Tetraponera attenuata Smith, 1877

Material examined. Queen, Neo Tiew Lane, 16 Jul 2009, H.K. Lua leg., LHK 513, ZRC _ HYM_0000236; Rifle Range Road, 27 Jul 2016, G.W. Yong leg., ZRC _ ENT00048104; Upper Thomson Nature Park, 1.38009, 103.8258, 4 Oct 2016, G.W. Yong et al. leg., uT7GH1860, ZRC _ ENT00048099 .

Material not physically examined. CASENT0752611, ANTC42333 (CASC).

Literature. Forel (1907) [as Sima attenuata var. thagatensis]; Viehmeyer (1916), Overbeck (1924) [both as Sima (Tetraponera) attenuata]; Ward (2001).

Localities. Bukit Timah Road; Neo Tiew Lane; Rifle Range Road; Seletar Reservoir; Upper Thomson Nature Park.

Habitat/Ecology. This arboreal species is associated mainly old/mature secondary forests in Singapore, including abandoned plantation or just disturbed forest fragments in semi-urban settings. Some specimens were collected from above ground foliage using sweepnets.