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DOI: 10.20362/am.014005
Asian Myrmecology 14: e014005 (1-14)
article first published online: 6/August/2021
A preliminary checklist of ants from Bhutan
KARMA CHORTEN DENDUP1*, CHETEN DORJI2, TARUN DHADWAL3, HIMENDER BHARTI3 and MARTIN PFEIFFER4
Abstract:
Current knowledge on the ant fauna of Bhutan is poor, 55 species of Formicidae belonging
to 20 genera are listed in various online databases. As result from a detailed study along an
elevational gradient in the south of the country we report about 51 species and 21 genera new to the
species list of Bhutan. In our study in Mendrelgang gewog of Tsirang district, ants were collected for
one month during the month of January (2019) using the methods of baiting, Winkler extraction of leaf
litter and hand picking aided by aspirator. This work brings the total number of the known ant fauna of
Bhutan to 103 species and 39 genera. The number of new discoveries is expected to increase in future,
since many of the high biodiversity areas of the country are still unexplored.
Keywords:
Ant fauna, New records and Taxonomy
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KARMA CHORTEN DENDUP1*, CHETEN DORJI2, TARUN DHADWAL3, HIMENDER BHARTI3 and MARTIN PFEIFFER4
Abstract:
Current knowledge on the ant fauna of Bhutan is poor, 55 species of Formicidae belonging to 20 genera are listed in various online databases. As result from a detailed study along an elevational gradient in the south of the country we report about 51 species and 21 genera new to the species list of Bhutan. In our study in Mendrelgang gewog of Tsirang district, ants were collected for one month during the month of January (2019) using the methods of baiting, Winkler extraction of leaf litter and hand picking aided by aspirator. This work brings the total number of the known ant fauna of Bhutan to 103 species and 39 genera. The number of new discoveries is expected to increase in future, since many of the high biodiversity areas of the country are still unexplored.
Keywords:
Ant fauna, New records and Taxonomy
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1Department of Forestry and Park services, Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park, Headquarters, Tangsibjii, Trongsa-33001, Bhutan
2Department of Forest Science, College of Natural Resources, Lobesa, Punakha-13001 Royal University of Bhutan
3Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002, Punjab, India
4Department of Biogeography, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstr. 30, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
*Corresponding author: karmachortendendup@gmail.com
