Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph,
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1,
Abstract: During a survey on 16 and 22 February 2005, 19 species
of ants were collected from six subfamilies (Ponerinae, Pseudomyrmecinae,
Cerapachyinae, Myrmicinae, Dolichoderinae and Formicinae)
and 17 genera from Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Among them 14
species were new records for Bangladesh (Odontoponera (cf. denticulata (F. Smith)), Diacamma
sp. (cf. indicum Santschi), Tetraponera aitkenii
(Forel), Cerapachys sp., Lophomyrmex ambiguus
Rigato, Vollenhovia sp., Dolichoderus sp.
(cf. affinis Emery), Tapinoma melanocephalum
(Fabricius), Technomyrmex albipes (F. Smith), Anoplolepis
gracilipes (F. Smith), Paratrechina longicornis
(Latreille), Plagiolepis sp., Camponotus(Tanaemyrmex)
sp., Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) caligata
Emery). Currently the total number of ant species identified
in Bangladesh is 124.
Keywords: Formicidae, new records, Savar, Bangladesh
