Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Ponera Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with the description of a new species from India.
Four species of the ant genus Ponera Latreille, 1804, are recorded from India. The present study reports one new species Ponera sikkimensis sp. n., a divergent population of Ponera indica Bharti & Wachkoo, 2012 and one new record, Ponera paedericera Zhou, 2001 from India. An identification key and distributions for the four known Indian species of Ponera based on the worker caste are provided.
Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, 147002, India.
Himender
H
Bharti
Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, 147002, India.
Joginder Singh
JS
Rilta
Ponerinae; new record; new species; north-eastern Himalaya