The Diversity of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in District Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: New Reports from Pakistan

Rasheed, Syed Basit; Yar, Ahmad; Zaidi, Farrah; Jamal, Qaisar

doi:10.17582/journal.pjz/20180916170913

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“…Similarly, Aenictus and Nylanderia are also new in this study. Species first time recorded from Pakistan in present study were not reported from Charsadda, however Messor instabilis, Monomorium abberans, M. dichorum, Pheidole fergusoni, P. indica, P. latinoda, P. sulcaticeps and Tapinoma indicum reported by Rasheed et al (2019a) were not collected from Tarbela. The difference in species may be due to variation in ecology and land scape of the two study areas.…”

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“…Ants are the most diverse group among insects but very little has been done to explore this important and diverse group in Pakistan. After the comprehensive study of Bingham (1903) few studies have been conducted following the inception of Pakistan and all these studies have reported 21 subfamilies, 35 genera and 111 species (Rasheed et al 2019a;Rasheed et al, 2019b). Present study further adds one genus and seven species to the ant fauna of Pakistan.…”

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“…On the contrary only 69 species have been reported from Pakistan including the new records reported in current study. This scarcity of data is due to lack of work done on the ant fauna of Pakistan as very little has been done on ant diversity of Pakistan (Umair et al 2012;Bodlah et al 2016;Rasheed et al, 2019a, Rasheed et al, 2019b. Present study not only highlights the potential of this field but also emphasizes the need to fully explore this important group of insects in Pakistan.…”

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“…And these species were not reported in the present study. Rasheed et al (2019a) reported 19 species belonging to eleven genera and three subfamilies from district Charsadda of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. Subfamily Dorylinae reported in current study was not reported from Charsadda.…”

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“…Only a couple of comprehensive studies have been done on the ant diversity of Pakistan. In Punjab, Umair et al (2012) reported 21 species placed in 13 genera and 3 subfamilies from Potohar plateau while Rasheed et al (2019a) reported 19 species belonging to 13 genera and 3 subfamilies from Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in which 8 species were new reports from Pakistan.…”

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Three Species of Genus Lepisiota (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with New Distributional Records from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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A study on the ant fauna of north-western part comprising of the hilly colder mountains in the North to the Dry hot plains in the South of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan was conducted during 2017-2020. Area was surveyed and collection of worker ants from the area was hired by using pitfall traps, aspirator and hand picking with the help of forceps. The study revealed that three species belonging to genus Lepisiota as a major outcome of this taxonomic study. The species include L. frauenfeldi, L. simplex, L. opaca and its sub-species L. o. pulchella. Among them two species viz., L. simplex, L. opaca and a subspecies of L. opaca i.e. L. o. pulchella are reported as first distributional records from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Keys to the subfamilies of Family Formicidae and worker caste species of genus Lepisiota collected from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa along with its spatial distributional map for all species and a sub-species is provided. All the specimen are deposited

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Habitat wise distribution of ants with special reference to their host plants in Kholahat Reserve Forest, Assam, India

Hazarika¹,

Khanikor²

2022

J. Entomol. Zool. Stud.

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Ants play a major role in the terrestrial ecosystem by conducting many key ecological functions. The present study was undertaken to investigate the habitatwise distribution of ants in Kholahat Reserve Forest, Assam. The ants were collected from forest habitat, grassland habitat and human habitat from September 2017 to August 2020. A total of 30 ant species belonging to 22 genera and 6 Subfamilies were recorded. The Shannon diversity indices indicated that the diversity was highest in forest habitat (3.32), followed by grassland habitat (3.29) and lowest in human habitat (3.04). The Sorenson's similarity index was highest between forest and grassland habitat while lowest between forest and human habitat. Six ant species were observed in teak and sal trees, while nine ant species were observed exclusively foraging on the soil during the daytime.

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The Diversity of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in District Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: New Reports from Pakistan

Cited by 4 publications

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Gis-Based Distribution and Population Estimation of Punjab Urial (Ovis Vignei Punjabiensis) in Pakistan

Gis-Based Distribution and Population Estimation of Punjab Urial (Ovis Vignei Punjabiensis) in Pakistan

Three Species of Genus Lepisiota (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with New Distributional Records from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Habitat wise distribution of ants with special reference to their host plants in Kholahat Reserve Forest, Assam, India

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