Myrmoteras scabrum Moffett, 1985 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), A Rare ant of Western Ghats of India

被引：1

作者：

Akbar, Shahid Ali ^{[1
]}

Bharti, Himender ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Cent Inst Temperate Hort, Entomol Div, Srinagar 190001, Jammu & Kashmir, India

[2] Punjabi Univ Patiala, Dept Zool & Environm Sci, Patiala 147002, Punjab, India

来源：

NATIONAL ACADEMY SCIENCE LETTERS-INDIA | 2020年 / 43卷 / 05期

关键词：

Ants; Endemic; Western Ghats; Rare; India; GENUS MYRMOTERAS;

D O I：

10.1007/s40009-020-00900-8

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Myrmoteras scabrum Moffett, 1985 is located again in Western Ghats. The species was described based upon a single specimen collected from Cannanore District of Western Ghats by Moffett (Bull Mus Comp Zool 151(1):1-53, 1985) Only the second known specimen of this species from Thanikuddy region of Periyar Tiger reserve is discovered here. Auto-montage images of the species are provided herewith along with notes on its biology.

引用

页码：427 / 429

页数：3

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