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Authors : Seema. G. Kadu

Page Nos : 38-40

Description :
Ants deserve a special place among the arthropod fauna to the study of ecology, including behavior, species richness, social habits and high densities. Ants are only constitute the largest chunk of the insects belonging to the endopterygote group. Up to this study 35 species of ants in 22 genera from 6 subfamilies were identified only. These ant species belong to five subfamily, Componotinae, Formicinae, Myrmicinae, Ponerinae, Dolichoderinae and Pseudomyrmicinae. In Nagpur (MS) region most of the tropical, warm, and temperate genera of ants belong to the subfamilies Crematogaster, Ponerinae and Componotinae are described. Ants are the dominant and successful component of ecosystem, as well as good indicators of ecosystem. The study of species richness and relative abundance of ant population and its cosmopolitan distribution is very important as they are considerable economic importance. The most frequently observed genus of Ants in Nagpur District are Camponotus, Solenopsis and Crematogaster followed by the genera Pheidole Myrmica and Dorylus. Keywords: Endopteryote, Vidarbha, Ponerinae, Componotinae.

Date of Online: 30 Sep 2016