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

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10982127

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E9BC54A0-3471-4CC8-9032-7EDFC2EB6BC3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11092627

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/341787FE-0C22-E218-FDB9-FBD3CFDFFD93

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)
status

 

Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894) View in CoL

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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 ] GoogleMaps ** Essau path to Mangrove 20 m. 13.4914, -16.52398, foraging, sandy terrain. Wetterer, J. 19/11/2022, Hand collected [ KGCOL02395 ] GoogleMaps ** nr. military post (Ginak-Kajata) 20 m. 13.52712, -16.48192, Sahelian Savannah. Wetterer, J. 19/11/2022, Hand collected [ KGCOL02478 ] GoogleMaps ** 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 ] GoogleMaps ** Gambia College Mosque (Brikama) 20 m. 13.28441, -16.65637, Ruderal. Wetterer, J. 17/11/2022, Hand collected, Foraging [ KGCOL02462 ] GoogleMaps

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Hypoponera

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