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Asian Myrmecology, Volume 5, pages 1-4, published March 2013
DOI: 10.20362/am.005001
Cryptopone subterranea sp. nov., a rare new cryptobiotic ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India
HIMENDER BHARTI* & AIJAZ AHMAD WACHKOO
Abstract:
A cryptobiotic species Cryptopone subterranea sp. nov. is described based on the worker caste, collected in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas. It most resembles C. motschulskyi Donisthorpe, 1943, and distinctly differs from all described species of the genus. An identification key to the known Indian species of Cryptopone is provided.
Keywords:
Ponerinae, Cryptopone, key, new species, taxonomy, Himalaya, India
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Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab – 147002, India
*Corresponding author: himenderbharti@gmail.com
