Remarks on Hymenoptera on urban green roofs in Belgium
Author
Verheyde, Fons
Author
Jacobs, JEffrEY
Author
Dekoninck, WOUTEr
Author
Achterberg, Kees Van
Author
Rond, JErOEn
Author
Blanck, Tim De
Author
Schoonvaere, KarEL
Author
Nieuwenhuijsen, Hans
Author
Ketelaere, Augustijn De
Author
Minnebo, BarT
Author
Ferrer-Suay, Mar
text
Belgian Journal of Entomology
2023
2023-03-03
140
1
37
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.10981934
2295-0214
10981934
EB983FDD-CAE9-48F7-AA63-5F49CC9B6CD1
Anergates atratulus
Schenck, 1852
BELGIUM
:
•
1 alate gyne;
N51.230°
E4.415°
;
vi/2021
;
J. Jacobs
leg.; coll.
RBINS
;
pan trap
(blue);
W. Dekoninck
det.
Remarks:
Anergates atratulus
is an obligate parasitic and workerless species in nests of
Tetramorium impurum
/
caespitum
in
Belgium
(
VANKERKHOVEN & DEKONINCK, 2022
). On the roof where we collected the
A. atratulus
gyne no
Tetramorium
-workers were found and hence we have no indication for any
Tetramorium
nests and settlement of this parasitic species on that rooF. It seems a gyne of this species arrived on the roof during her search for a nest to parasite, but this search was unsuccessful.