Two new species of doryline ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with 11-segmented antennae from India
Punnath Aswaj1, Ramakrishnaiah Sahanashree1, Warnakulasuriyage Sudesh Udayakantha2
1Ashoka 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.
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|September 13, 2021
Abstract:
Two new species of the subfamily Dorylinae Leach, 1815 namely Parasysciaganeshaiahi sp. nov. and Sysciaindica 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.
