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)
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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.