Tetraponera pilosa (Smith, 1858)

Material examined. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, plot II-I, 15 Aug 2011, J. Koh leg., ZRC _ ENT00000889 ; Icube (NUS), 1.29347, 103.77633, 6-13 May 2015, M.S. Foo & W. Wang leg., malaise trap, ZRC _ BDP0044952 ; queen, Kent Ridge, 10 Nov 1991, collector unknown, ZRC _HYM_0001750; alate queen, Lim Chu Kang Mangrove, 19 May 1987, Serena Teo leg., ZRC _ ENT00048805 ; Mandai, 7 Apr 2016, M.K.L. Wong leg., ZRC _ ENT00000681-682 ; queen, Pulau Ubin, PU 1, 1°24’36.3”N, 103°59’25.5”E, 1-8 Sep 2012, J. Puniamoorthy et al. leg., malaise trap, Reg. 29449, ZRC _ BDP0016492; same locality and collectors as previous, 25 Aug-1 Sep 2012, malaise trap, Reg. 29436, ZRC _ BDP0015989; Rifle Range Road, 27 Jul 2016, G.W. Yong leg., ZRC _ ENT00048103 ; Toh Tuck wasteland, 5 Mar 1978, D.H. Murphy leg., ZRC _HYM_0000809 .

Material not physically examined. CASENT0220765, PSW09567 (UCDC); males and workers, CASENT0796714-796718 (PSWC); queens, FOCOL1163-1165 (ZMHB) [types of Pseudomyrma pilosa].

Literature. Viehmeyer (1916), Overbeck (1924) [as Sima pilosa]; Ward (2001); Wang et al. (2018a).

Localities. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve; Bukit Timah Road; Kent Ridge; Lim Chu Kang Mangrove; Mandai; Peirce Reservoir; Pulau Ubin; Rifle Range Road; Toh Tuck.

Habitat/Ecology. This species is associated mostly with mature secondary forest and the edges/ fringes of such rainforest. It has sometimes also been found in scrub, wasteland, or disturbed secondary forest fragments in urban or semi-urban settings. Alates have been collected from mangroves either using malaise traps, or in mud lobster ( Thalassina sp.) mounds. Individuals in secondary forest or forest edges were often found in dead twigs, such as that of Hevea brasiliensis (rubber), and on low vegetation. Colonies in semi-urban settings such as gardens have also been found in dead twigs of mangosteen trees, and in withered bamboo.