A new carpenter ant, Camponotus parabarbatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India

By

Bharti, Himender
Wachkoo, Aijaz

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014-02-18

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

2

Pages

1--9

Subjects

Camponotus , Formicinae , Himalaya , India , new species

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e996
eLocator: e996

 

Abstract

A new species of carpenter ant, collected in the Shivalik range of Himalaya is described and illustrated based on the worker and gyne castes under the name Camponotus parabarbatus sp. n. Presence of dense, short setae on gena and ventral surface of head resembles it most to Camponotus barbatus Roger, 1863 distributed in Southeast Asia. A regional identification key of Camponotus species is provided from the Shivalik hills of Indian Himalaya.