Sahanashree Ramakrishnaiah, Punnath Aswaj, Rajan Priyadarsanan Dharma
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur Post, Bengaluru - 560064, Karnataka, India Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment Bengaluru India.
Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, 1881 Natural Area Drive, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA University of Florida Gainesville United States of America.
Zookeys. 2024 May 30;1203:159-172. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1203.114168. eCollection 2024.
A new ant species, , with a captivating metallic-blue color is described based on the worker caste from the East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. This discovery signifies the first new species of in 121 years, since the description of the sole previously known species, (Forel, 1902), in the Indian subcontinent.
基于采自印度东北部阿鲁纳恰尔邦东桑区的工蚁种群,描述了一种新的蚂蚁物种,其具有迷人的金属蓝色。这一发现标志着自1902年(Forel)描述印度次大陆唯一已知的先前物种以来,121年间首次发现该属的新物种。