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A first record of Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger) (Formicidae: Ponerinae) established in Dunedin, New Zealand

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2003
Authors:A. C. Harris
Journal:The Weta
Volume:26
Pagination:7-11
Abstract:

*[Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger), widespread in the Northern Hemisphere, is reported for the first time in New Zealand, from Dunedin. A colony of the ants had become established in the boiler room & kitchen of a hotel, where they were preying on larvae & pupae of Forcipomyia antipodum (Hudson) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), which had built up in soil near a cracked kitchen sump.]

Alternate Journal:Weta
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