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 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
)
.