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
Rhopalomastix rothneyi
Forel, 1900
MATERIAL EXAMINED.
India
:
West Bengal
,
District Alipurduar
,
Buxa Tiger Reserve
,
East Damanpur Range
, 26°37'067" N, 89°33'633" E,
27.III 2019
,
5 workers
, leg.
Arnab Mandi
(
Reg. No.
23389/H3)
DISTRIBUTION.
India
(
Karnataka
,
Sikkim
,
West Bengal
),
Sri Lanka
, New
Guinea
,
Australia
.
REMARKS. This species was described based on queen from Barrackpore,
West Bengal
. Our specimens are collected from the nest under the bark of Sal tree.