Two new species of doryline ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with 11-segmented antennae from India

By

Punnath, Aswaj
R, SAHANASHREE
Sudesh Udayakantha, Warnakulasuriyage
Marathe, Aniruddha
Rajan, Priyadarsanan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1056

Pages

59--72

Subjects

Eastern Himalaya , high elevation , leaf litter , predatory ants , rare ants , West Kameng , Winkler trap

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1056.68722

 

Abstract

Two new species of the subfamily Dorylinae Leach, 1815 namely Parasyscia ganeshaiahisp. nov. and Syscia indicasp. nov. are described and illustrated based on the worker caste. These species were collected in the Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India. Keys to Parasyscia of India and Syscia of Asia are provided based on the worker caste.