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

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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.
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页码:427 / 429
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