Tetramorium lucayanum Wheeler, 1905

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Tetramorium lucayanum Wheeler, 1905

Ebony Ant (WETTERER, 2011c)

(ANTWEB: CASENT0625424). ( Map 40 )

An uncommon species in Galápagos, it is known from Neotropical (Antilles and Brazil), Paleartic ( Italy and Irland) and Afrotropical regions ( KEMPF, 1972; BRANDÃO, 1991; BOLTON et al., 2006; WETTERER, 2011c). This tramp species is dispersed by human commerce (FONTELA, 1995; MCGLYNN, 1999; WETTERER, 2011c). Tetramorium lucayanum is only known from the littoral and humid zones on Isabela Island. A few specimens were collected in 1986 during the dry season in a deciduous steppe forest of H. mancinella ( HERRERA et al., 2014). In other parts of the world it inhabits a wide range of habitats and nests have been found under stones, beneath bark of trees and near termite nests ( SMITH, 1936; MANN, 1920; DEJEAN et al., 1996).

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Map 40. Distribution of Tetramorium lucayanum Wheeler, 1905.