THE BUXA TIGER RESERVE AS A ‘ HOT SPOT’ OF ANT DIVERSITY IN WEST BENGAL STATE (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE)
Author
Saroj, S.
Author
Mandi, A.
Author
Basak, N.
Author
Mandal, P.
text
Far Eastern Entomologist
2024
2024-07-31
503
16
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http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.503.3
journal article
10.25221/fee.503.3
2713-2196
13260758
3268F24C-9005-45A1-8E4E-40F0923BD54A
Colobopsis vitrea angustula
(Emery, 1925)
MATERIAL EXAMINED.
India
:
West Bengal
,
District Alipurduar
,
Buxa Tiger Reserve
,
East Damanpur Range
, 26°37'067" N, 089°33'633" E,
27.III 2019
,
1 worker
, leg.
S. Sheela
(
Reg. No.
32547/H3)
.
DISTRIBUTION.
India
,
Bangladesh
,
Singapore
.
REMARKS. This taxon was described from
Singapore
as distinct species and later recorded from from Barrackpore (West Bengal) (
Bingham, 1903
) and
Bangladesh
(
Hannan 2003
). We also found this subspecies in
West Bengal
after a gap of 120 years from its first registration in
India
.