Hypoponera eduardi (Forel 1894)

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.11047260

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D087F3-FF90-FFB2-FF1F-8AC2C6682BD2

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Hypoponera eduardi (Forel 1894)
status

 

Hypoponera eduardi (Forel 1894) View in CoL

BELGIUM: • 1 ♀ (worker); N51.197° E4.462°; vi/2020; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. GoogleMaps

Remarks:

This ant species was only recently added to the Belgian fauna after being discovered on 2 green roofs both near Antwerp of which one finding is reported here and the other one in VAN DYCK et al., (2023). As on both green roofs workers were found it seems the species has settled on the roofs (in VAN DYCK et al., 2023, 3 workers were found). In nearby countries this holomediterranean ant species, is known from greenhouses and botanical gardens ( BOER & VIERBERGEN, 2008; SEIFERT, 2018; NOORDIJK, 2021). SEIFERT (2018) suggests related to climate change, it is possible that this species can also establish itself outdoors in our region. The warm and dry conditions that arise on extensive green roofs probably offer a suitable habitat for this species to settle outdoors.

RBINS

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Hypoponera

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