Distribution and habitat preferences of Galápagos ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Author Herrera Léon Baert Wouter Dekoninck, Henri W. Author Causton, Charlotte E. Author Sevilla, Christian R. Author Pozo, Paola Author Hendrickx, Frederik text Belgian Journal of Entomology 2020 93 1 60 journal article 302430 10.5281/zenodo.13710313 83b9d93e-6482-4509-82e7-d477e479612b 2295-0214 13710313 2612CE09-F7FF-45CD-B52E-99F04DC2AA56 Rogeria curvipubens Emery, 1894 (ANTWEB: CASENT0173282). ( Map 27 ) This neotropical species occurs on some Caribbean islands and in Central and South America ( KEMPF , 1972 ; KUGLER , 1994 ; FERNÁNDEZ & SENDOYA , 2004 ; HERRERA & LONGINO , 2008 ). Rogeria curvipubens is a cryptic species introduced to Galápagos. It was reported for the first time in the Humid Zone of Santa Cruz Island in 2008 ( HERRERA & LONGINO , 2008 ). However, recent revisions of museum material showed that it was also collected in the Transition Zone of San Cristóbal Island in 1992. To date, it has been found on three inhabited islands in the Galápagos archipelago and is found in human settlements and protected areas. It has been collected from leaf litter in secondary successional forest. We observed a nest of R. curvipubens under attack from Wasmannia auropunctata . This species was collected with Winkler traps and using visual searches in C. arabica planted under S. pedunculata .