Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

Verheyde, Fons, Jacobs, JEffrEY, Dekoninck, WOUTEr, Achterberg, Kees Van, Rond, JErOEn, Blanck, Tim De, Schoonvaere, KarEL, Nieuwenhuijsen, Hans, Ketelaere, Augustijn De, Minnebo, BarT & Ferrer-Suay, Mar, 2023, Remarks on Hymenoptera on urban green roofs in Belgium, Belgian Journal of Entomology 140, pp. 1-37 : 12

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10981934

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EB983FDD-CAE9-48F7-AA63-5F49CC9B6CD1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11047262

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D087F3-FF90-FFB2-FF1F-8CE0C530287C

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)
status

 

Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859) View in CoL

BELGIUM: • 1 alate gyne; N51.218° E4.398°; v/2020; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • GoogleMaps 1 alate gyne; N51.218° E4.398°; vi/2020; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • GoogleMaps 1 alate gyne; N51.194° E4.439°; ix/2020; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • GoogleMaps 1 alate gyne; N51.184° E4.420°; ix/2021; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pan trap (yellow); T. De Blanck & W. Dekoninck det. [4 occ. (2 years), 3 roofs] GoogleMaps

Remarks:

Of this Hypoponera species we only found alate gynes and no workers. This suggests that it probably did not settle on the green roofs we sampled, however attempts might be successful in the future. This cosmopolitical species is known from greenhouses in north Europe and sometimes also settles outdoors in compost heaps, accumulated litter of mowing activities etc. Also in Belgium and the Netherlands this species has been found already several times in litter and compost heaps (DEKONINCK et al.; 2012; BOER et al., 2014). Maybe green roofs in Flanders might be a potential place for this species to settle in the future, if enough litter is accumulated on the roofs.

RBINS

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Hypoponera

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