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
Hypoponera beebei
(Wheeler, 1924)
(ANTWEB: CASENT0173306). (
Map 43
)
Only known from
Galápagos
(
BOLTON
et al.,
2006
),
H. beebei
is found on eight islands in natural areas, humid zones and occasionally in the dry and littoral zones. It was collected for the first time in 1923 from Genovesa Island and could be endemic (
WHEELER
, 1924). In the littoral zones specimens have been collected under stones and on sandy beaches surrounded by
C. pyriformis
. It has been collected from leaf litter in the humid areas. On Fernandina a few specimens were collected in an area with ferns and grasses near the summit (
1300 m
).