Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)

Jallow, Mamudou & Gomez, Kiko, 2024, Intriguing additions of exotic and invasive ants to The Gambia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 146, pp. 1-12 : 5-6

Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)

Fig. 2

Second record to Western Africa, first in more than 50 years after LEVIEUX (1972).

Palearctic ant that has been found as exotic in Asia, North America, Oceania and Southern and Eastern Africa ( GUENÁRD et al., 2017).

MATERIAL EXAMINED: The Gambia: North Bank: Essau path to Mangrove 20 m. 13.4914, -16.52398, Sahelian Savannah. GÓmez, K. 19/11/2022, Hand collected, Nest under stone [KG06138A, KGCOL02534 , KG06139 ] ** Essau path to Mangrove 20 m. 13.4914, -16.52398, foraging, sandy terrain. Wetterer, J. 19/11/2022, Hand collected [ KGCOL02395 ] ** nr. military post (Ginak-Kajata) 20 m. 13.52712, -16.48192, Sahelian Savannah. Wetterer, J. 19/11/2022, Hand collected [ KGCOL02478 ] ** West Coast: Brikama University Campus (Busumbala) 20 m. 13.29612, -16.65897, Ruderal. GÓmez, K. 15/11/2022, Hand collected, Under stone foraging [KG06051, KGCOL02430 ] ** Gambia College Mosque (Brikama) 20 m. 13.28441, -16.65637, Ruderal. Wetterer, J. 17/11/2022, Hand collected, Foraging [ KGCOL02462 ]

Figures

Fig.2 Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894) (KGCOL02534), Gambia. Worker. A, Head frontal view. B, Habitus lateral view. © Julien Lalanne (RBINS).