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

Punnath Aswaj; Ramakrishnaiah Sahanashree; Warnakulasuriyage Sudesh Udayakantha; Marathe Aniruddha; Dharma Rajan Priyadarsanan

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1056.68722

ZooKeys (Aug 2021)

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

Punnath Aswaj,
Ramakrishnaiah Sahanashree,
Warnakulasuriyage Sudesh Udayakantha,
Marathe Aniruddha,
Dharma Rajan Priyadarsanan

Affiliations

Punnath Aswaj: Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
Ramakrishnaiah Sahanashree: Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
Warnakulasuriyage Sudesh Udayakantha: University of Kelaniya
Marathe Aniruddha: Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science
Dharma Rajan Priyadarsanan: Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1056.68722
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1056
pp. 59 – 72

Abstract

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Two new species of the subfamily Dorylinae Leach, 1815 namely Parasyscia ganeshaiahi sp. nov. and Syscia indica sp. 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.

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ISSN: 1313-2989 (Print); 1313-2970 (Online)
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
Country of publisher: Bulgaria
LCC subjects: Science: Zoology
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