Community structure and ant species diversity across select sites of Western Ghats, India

Dad, Javid M.; Akbar, Shahid; Bharti, Himender; Wachkoo, Aıjaz Ahmad

doi:10.1016/j.chnaes.2018.12.008

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“…The Western Ghats of India is a biodiversity hotspot (Mittermeier et al 2004;Kass et al 2022), with several rare ant species reported from the region, particularly in the Silent Valley National Park and Periyar Tiger Reserve in the Idukki District of Kerala (Bharti & Akbar 2013, 2014a, 2014b, 2014cBharti et al 2015;Dad et al 2019;Akbar et al 2023aAkbar et al , 2023b. As a result of recent investigations in the region, we present the description of an additional Indian species.…”

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“…New material examined in this study was collected by Shahid A. Akbar during ant inventories carried out in the Western Ghats of India region from 2011 to 2013. The Western Ghats are characterized by a mosaic of vegetation types that include tropical wet evergreen forest, moist deciduous forest, montane stunted evergreen forest (Shola), and grasslands, providing variety in habitat structure (Dad et al 2019).…”

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Overview of the ant genus Vollenhovia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in India and Sri Lanka, with an illustrated key and the description of a new species

Akbar,

Bharti,

Schifani

et al. 2023

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The ant genus Vollenhovia Mayr, 1865 (Myrmicinae, Crematogastrini) mostly occurs in the Australasian and Oriental regions. We revised its diversity in India and Sri Lanka based on qualitative and quantitative morphology, recognizing eleven taxa, including a new species which is described herewith: V. escherichi Forel, 1911, V. gastropunctata Bharti & Kumar, 2013, V. karimalaensis Dhadwal et al., 2023, V. keralensis Kripakaran & Sadasivan, 2022, V. mawrapensis Dhadwal et al., 2023, V. oblonga laevithorax Emery, 1889, V. penetrans (Smith, 1857), V. pfeifferi Bharti et al., 2023, V. taylori Rilta et al., 2023, V. terayamai Rilta et al., 2023, and V. yasmeenae sp. nov. The subspecies status of V. oblonga laevithorax and its relationship with V. penetrans, whose type series does not contain workers, still requires to be assessed in the context of a broader revision including the whole Oriental region. The known distribution of the genus in the Indian subcontinent appears to be fragmentary, still requiring extensive sampling efforts. Four species are from the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot in the southern Indian state of Kerala, one is endemic to the biogeographically related Sri Lanka, three are known from Eastern India near the border with Bangladesh, two are reported from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and one is restricted to the Himachal Pradesh in northern India. A comprehensive key of the known Vollenhovia species from India and Sri Lanka is provided.

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Overview of the ant genus Vollenhovia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in India and Sri Lanka, with an illustrated key and the description of a new species

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Schifani

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“…The proportion of endemic species in plants is ~ 25%, vertebrates ~ 30%, and invertebrates ~ 43% in the groups studied in depth (Bossuyt et al 2004;Gunawardene et al 2007; Gunatilleke et al 2008). Such variation in endemism and its understanding at finest possible scales will help to develop conservation management programs for the entire region (Gunawardene et al 2007;Dad et al 2019).…”

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The Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic research summary and updated checklist

Dias¹,

Guénard²,

Akbar³

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An updated checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Sri Lanka is presented. These include representatives of eleven of the 17 known extant subfamilies with 341 valid ant species in 79 genera. Lioponera longitarsus Mayr, 1879 is reported as a new species country record for Sri Lanka. Notes about type localities, depositories, and relevant references to each species record are given. Accounts of the dubious and some undetermined species from Sri Lanka are also provided. 82 species (24%) are endemic whereas 18 species that are non-native to Sri Lanka are recorded. The list provides a synthesis of the regional taxonomical work carried out to date and will serve as a baseline for future studies on the ant fauna of this biodiversity hotspot.

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“…591 species of ants have been identified from India (Tiwari et al, 1998). They contribute to thirty percent of the entire terrestrial faunal biomass on Earth (Wachkoo et al, 2018). According to (Luke et al, 2014).…”

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Seasonal Dynamics Of Ant Communities In Forest Ecosystems: Statistical Analysis And Ecological Insights

Ambett,

Tomson

2024

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A seasonal diversity was conducted in the forest of Bagepalli range of Chikkaballapur forest of Karnataka, India from August 2022 to August 2023. 21 species of ants were observed in this range belonging to 15 genera by following three methods such as pitfall traps, handpicking and bush beating. The abundant subfamily was Formicinae with 5 genera and under Myrmicinae, two genera were observed under the subfamily Ponerinae and one genus each from Subfamilies Pseudomyrmicinae and Dolichoderinae. The most abundant species were found to be Camponotus compressus followed by Oecophylla smaragdina. From the collection of ants few invasive species were also observed such as Anoplolepis gracilipes and Plagiolepis sp.. Two mathematical indices were followed and those were Shannon-Weaver Index and Simpson Index to study the diversity and compare the species richness from the three seasons – summer, monsoon and winter, and a statistical data was formed, the abundance in species were also observed to study which species were dominant and during which season. The maximum diversity was observed during the monsoon season followed by the summer and the least diversity was during the winter. The ants usually prefer a moist environment. The study assumes that the ant diversity can predict the environment.

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Community structure and ant species diversity across select sites of Western Ghats, India

Cited by 11 publications

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Overview of the ant genus Vollenhovia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in India and Sri Lanka, with an illustrated key and the description of a new species

Overview of the ant genus Vollenhovia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in India and Sri Lanka, with an illustrated key and the description of a new species

The Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic research summary and updated checklist

Seasonal Dynamics Of Ant Communities In Forest Ecosystems: Statistical Analysis And Ecological Insights

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