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Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Thar Desert of Rajasthan and Gujarat

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Faunal Ecology and Conservation of the Great Indian Desert

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This paper deals with 35 species of ants distributed under 16 genera of the family Formicidae. The family Formicidae comprises six subfamilies, namely Dorylinae with one genus and two species, Ponerinae with two genera and three species, Pseudomyrmecinae with one genus and two species, Dolichoderinae with one genus and one species, Myrmicinae with six genera and 17 species, and Formicinae with five genera and ten species.

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  1. Zoological Survey of India Andaman and Nicobar Regional Station, Ministry of Environment and Forests Government of India, Horticulture Road Haddo, Port Blair - 744 102 Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

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Tak, N. (2009). Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Thar Desert of Rajasthan and Gujarat. In: Sivaperuman, C., Baqri, Q.H., Ramaswamy, G., Naseema, M. (eds) Faunal Ecology and Conservation of the Great Indian Desert. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87409-6_4

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