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Harpegnathos saltator, sometimes called the Indian jumping ant or Jerdon's jumping ant, is a species of ant found in India. They have long mandibles and have the ability to leap a few inches. [1] They are large-eyed and active predators that hunt mainly in the early morning. The colonies are small and the difference between workers and queens ...
This List of ants of India is a list and index to the species of ants found in India. A-D ... Hymenoptera 2. Ants and cuckoo-wasps. London. 506 pp. Browse or download ...
The pharaoh ant (Monomorium pharaonis) is a small (2 mm) yellow or light brown, almost transparent ant notorious for being a major indoor nuisance pest, especially in hospitals. [1] A cryptogenic species , it has now been introduced to virtually every area of the world, including Europe , the Americas, Australasia and Southeast Asia .
Army ants have two phases of activity – a nomadic (wandering) phase and a stationary (statary) phase – that constantly cycle, and can be found throughout all army ant species. [8] The nomadic phase begins around 10 days after the queen lays her eggs. This phase will last approximately 15 days to let the larvae develop.
Anoplolepis, also known as the "pugnacious ants", is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae and tribe Lasiini. [2] The genus is mainly found in the Afrotropics, with a few native species known from the Malagasy and Oriental regions (and some introduced in other places). [3] A pugnacious ant (Anoplolepis) captured in India
Tapinoma sessile is a species of small ant that goes by the common names odorous house ant, sugar ant, stink ant, and coconut ant. [1] Their colonies are polydomous (consisting of multiple nests) and polygynous (containing multiple reproducing queens ).
(1849) On the fresh water fishes of southern India . Madras Journal of Literature and Science 15:139-149, 302-346. (1851) A catalogue of the species of ants found in southern India. Madras J. Lit. Sci. 17:103-127 (reprinted in 1854 as A catalogue of the species of ants found in southern India. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (2)13:45-56, 100-110.)
The subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae was established by M.R. Smith in 1952, [320] which represents three genera of ants that are primarily arboreal nesting ants in the tropical and subtropical regions. [321] They are found in Africa, Asia, Australia, North America and South America. [322]