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 22 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 cotesii Forel 1893 MATERIAL EXAMINED. India : West Bengal , District Alipurduar , Buxa Tiger Reserve , North point, 26°43'597" N, 089°45'039" E , 03.XII 2018 , 1 worker , leg. S. Sheela ( Reg. No. 22247/H3) . DISTRIBUTION. India , China . REMARKS. This species was originally described from Mussoori Hills in India . It was later reported from Assam ( Bingham 1903 ) . After that it was recorded from Arunachal Pradesh , Assam , Meghalaya , Uttarakhand ( Bharti et al., 2016 ) Here C . cotesii is found from an unknown tree trunk in the core area of Buxa reserve (new record for West Bengal ) .