List of ants of India
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This List of ants of India is a list and index to the species of ants found in India.
A-D
- Acanthomyrmex luciolae Emery, 1893
- Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862
- Forel, 1894
- Forel, 1900
- Forel, 1901
- Forel, 1900
- Aenictus brevicornis Mayr, 1879
- Aenictus ceylonicus Mayr, 1866
- Forel, 1901
- Forel, 1901
- Forel, 1901
- Aenictus doryloides Wilson, 1964
- Forel, 1901
- Forel, 1901
- Aenictus laeviceps Smith, 1857
- Forel, 1901
- Forel, 1901
- Aenictus pachycerus Smith, 1858
- Aenictus peguensis Emery, 1895
- Aenictus pubescens Smith, 1859
- Forel, 1901
- Forel, 1901
- Aenictus shillongensis Mathew and Tiwari, 2000
- Forel, 1901
- Forel, 1901
- Forel, 1890
- Forel,1900
- Amblyopone pertinax Baroni Urbani, 1978
- Forel, 1900
- Anochetus graeffei Mayr, 1870
- Forel, 1900
- Anochetus madaraszi Mayr, 1897
- Anochetus myops Emery, 1893
- Anochetus obscurior Brown, 1978
- Anochetus orientalis André, 1887
- Anochetus pupulatus Brown, 1978
- Anochetus rufus Jerdon, 1851
- Anochetus sedilloti Emery, 1884
- Forel, 1900
- Anoplolepis gracilipesSmith, 1857
- Aphaenogaster annandalei Mukerjee, 1930
- Aphaenogaster beccarii Emery, 1887
- Aphaenogaster beesoni Donisthorpe, 1933
- Aphaenogaster cavernicola Donisthorpe, 1938
- Forel, 1902
- Aphaenogaster longiceps Smith, 1858
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1895
- Forel, 1895
- Forel, 1895
- Forel, 1895
- Calyptomyrmex sp.
- Camponotus aethiops cachmiriensis Emery, 1925
- Camponotus albosparsus Bingham, 1903
- Camponotus angusticollis Jerdon, 1851
- Forel, 1895
- Camponotus arrogans Smith, 1858
- Forel, 1892
- Forel, 1894
- Forel, 1892
- Camponotus camelinus Smith, 1857
- Camponotus carbonarius Latreille, 1802
- Forel, 1855
- Camponotus ceylonicusEmery, 1925
- Camponotus cinerascens Fabricius, 1787
- Camponotus compressus Fabricius, 1787
- Forel, 1894
- Forel, 1893
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1892
- Forel, 1886
- Camponotus fallax Nylander, 1856
- Camponotus festinus Smith, 1857
- Forel, 1902
- Camponotus holosericeus Emery, 1889
- Camponotus horseshoetus Datta and Raychaudhuri, 1985
- Forel, 1892
- Camponotus irritans Smith, 1857
- Forel, 1892
- Forel, 1902
- Camponotus luteus Smith, 1858
- Camponotus maculatus basalis Smith, 1878
- Forel, 1892
- Camponotus maculatus pallidus Smith, 1857
- Camponotus megalonyx Wheeler, 1919
- Camponotus mendax Emery, 1895
- Camponotus misturus Smith, 1857
- Forel, 1892
- Camponotus mitis Smith,1858
- Camponotus mitis fuscithorax DallaTorre, 1893
- Camponotus nicobarensis Mayr, 1865
- Forel, 1893
- Forel, 1916
- Camponotus oblongus Smith, 1858
- Camponotus parius Emery, 1889
- Camponotus phragmaticola Donisthorpe, 1943
- Camponotus puniceps Donisthorpe, 1942
- Forel, 1892
- Forel,1893
- Forel, 1893
- Forel, 1893
- Camponotus rufifemur Emery, 1900
- Camponotus rufoglaucus Jerdon, 1851
- Forel, 1907
- Camponotus saundersiEmery, 1889
- Camponotus selene Emery, 1889
- Camponotus sericeus Fabricius, 1798
- Camponotus sericeus opaciventris Mayr, 1879
- Camponotus sericeus peguensis Emery, 1895
- Forel, 1901
- Camponotus singularis Smith, 1858
- Camponotus sklarus Bolton, 1995
- Forel, 1904
- Camponotus spenceri Clark, 1930
- Camponotus strictus Jerdon, 1851
- Camponotus sylvaticusbasalis Smith, 1878
- Camponotus sylvaticusparadichrous Emery, 1925
- Forel, 1893
- Camponotus timidus Jerdon, 1851
- Camponotus variegatus Smith, 1858
- Camponotus variegatus kattensis Bingham, 1903
- Forel, 1902
- Camponotus varius Donisthorpe, 1943
- Camponotus velox Jerdon, 1851
- Camponotus wasmanni Emery, 1893
- Forel, 1893
- Forel, 1907
- Cardiocondyla nuda Mayr, 1866
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1890
- Carebara affinis (Jerdon, 1851)
- Carebara diversa (Jerdon, 1851)
- Carebara lignata Westwood, 1840
- Cataglyphis cugiai Menozzi, 1939
- Cataglyphis indicus Pisarski, 1961
- Forel, 1894
- Cataulacus granulatus Latreille, 1802
- Forel, 1891
- Cataulacus simoni Emery, 1893
- Cataulacus taprobanae Smith, 1853
- Centromyrmex feae Emery, 1889
- Forel, 1900
- Cerapachys besucheti Brown, 1975
- Forel, 1895
- Cerapachys indicus Brown, 1975
- Cerapachys longitarsus Mayr, 1879
- Cerapachys sulcinodis Emery, 1889
- Crematogaster abdominalis Motschoulsky, 1863
- Forel, 1892
- Forel, 1913
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Crematogaster anthracina Smith, 1857
- Crematogaster betapicalis Bolton, 1995
- Forel, 1904
- Crematogaster biroi Mayr, 1897
- Forel, 1902
- Crematogaster brunnea contemta Mayr, 1879
- Crematogaster brunnea nicevillei Emery, 1922
- Crematogaster brunnea nilgirica Emery, 1922
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1904
- Crematogaster dhorni artifex Mayr, 1879
- Crematogaster diffusa Jerdon, 1851
- Crematogaster diffusa physothorax Emery, 1889
- Crematogaster dohrni Mayr, 1879
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Crematogaster kirbii Sykes, 1835
- Crematogaster laboriosa ruginota Santschi, 1928
- Forel, 1902
- Crematogaster modigliani Emery, 1900
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Crematogaster pradipi Tiwari, 1999
- Crematogaster ransonneti Mayr, 1868
- Crematogaster rogenhoferi Mayr, 1879
- Forel, 1886
- Crematogaster rogenhoferi lutea Emery, 1893
- Crematogaster rothneyi Mayr, 1879
- Forel, 1902
- Crematogaster rufa Jerdon, 1851
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Crematogaster subnuda Mayr, 1879
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1897
- Diacamma ceylonense Emery, 1897
- Diacamma ceylonense orbiculatum Santschi, 1932
- Diacamma cyaneiventre André, 1887
- Diacamma geometricum viridipurpureum Emery, 1893
- Diacamma indicum Santschi, 1920
- Diacamma rugosum LeGuillou, 1842
- Forel, 1903
- Forel, 1900
- Forel, 1903
- Diacamma scalpratum Smith, 1858
- Diacamma sculptum Jerdon, 1851
- Diacamma sculpturata Smith, 1859
- Diacamma vagans Smith, 1860
- Diacamma vagans doveri Mukerjee, 1934
- Dilobocondyla bangalorica Varghese, 2006
- Discothyrea sringerensis Merry and Priyadarsanan, 2004
- Dolichoderus affinis Emery, 1889
- Forel, 1895
- Dolichoderus feae Emery, 1889
- Dolichoderus feae fuscus Emery, 1889
- Forel, 1886
- Dolichoderus moggridgei bicolor Santschi, 1920
- Dolichoderus moggridgei lugubris Santschi, 1920
- Dolichoderus sulcaticeps Mayr, 1870
- Dolichoderus sundari, Mathew and Tiwari, 2000
- Dolichoderus taprobanae Smith, 1858
- Dolichoderus taprobanae gracilipes Mayr, 1879
- Dolichoderus thoracicus Smith, 1860
- Dorylus labiatus Shuckard, 1840
- Dorylus orientalis Westwood, 1835
- Dorylus orientalis obscuriceps Santschi, 1920
E-L
- Emeryopone sp.nov.
- Formica gagates Latreille, 1798
- Formica gravelyi Mukerjee, 1930
- Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
- Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
- Gnamptogenys bicolor Emery, 1889
- Gnamptogenys coxalis Roger, 1860
- Harpegnathos saltator Jerdon, 1851
- Harpegnathos venator Smith, 1858
- Forel, 1905
- Hypoponera confinis Roger, 1860
- Forel, 1900
- Forel, 1900
- Forel, 1895
- Indomyrma dasypyx Brown, 1986
- Iridomyrmex anceps Roger, 1863
- Forel, 1904
- Iridomyrmex glaber Mayr, 1862
- Kartidris nyos Bolton, 1991
- Lasius alienoflavus Bingham, 1903
- Lasius alienus Foerster, 1850
- Lasius bicornis Foerster, 1850
- Lasius breviscapus Seifert, 1992
- Lasius brunneus Latreille, 1798
- Lasius crinitus Smith, 1858
- Lasius fuliginosus Latreille, 1798
- Lasius himalayanus Bingham, 1903
- Lasius mikir Collingwood, 1982
- Lepisiota annandalei Mukerjee, 1930
- Lepisiota capensis Mayr, 1862
- Forel, 1892
- Forel, 1895
- Lepisiota frauenfeldi Mayr, 1855
- Forel, 1894
- Forel, 1894
- Forel, 1892
- Forel, 1892
- Forel, 1894
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1892
- Leptanilla escheri Kutter, 1948
- Forel, 1900
- Forel, 1900
- Leptogenys carinata Donisthorpe, 1943
- Leptogenys chinensis Mayr, 1870
- Forel, 1900
- Forel, 1900
- Leptogenys diminuta Smith, 1857
- Forel, 1901
- Forel, 1900
- Forel, 1900
- Forel, 1886
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1900
- Leptogenys iridipennis Smith, 1858
- Leptogenys jeanettei Mathew and Tiwari, 2000
- Leptogenys kitteli Mayr, 1870
- Forel, 1900
- Leptogenys longiscapa Donisthorpe, 1943
- Forel, 1900
- Leptogenys moelleri Bingham, 1903
- Leptogenys peuqueti André, 1887
- Leptogenys processionalis Jerdon, 1851
- Leptogenys punctiventris Mayr, 1879
- Forel, 1900
- Forel, 1900
- Leptogenys stenocheilos Jerdon, 1851
- Forel, 1900
- Leptothorax desioi Menozzi, 1939
- Leptothorax desioi melanicus Menozzi, 1939
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1904
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1904
- Forel, 1902
- Lophomyrmex ambiguus Rigato, 1994
- Lophomyrmex bedoti Emery, 1893
- Lophomyrmex birmanus Emery, 1893
- Lophomyrmex kali Rigato, 1994
- Lophomyrmex quadrispinosus Jerdon, 1851
M-R
- Forel, 1902
- Meranoplus bicolor Guérin-Méneville, 1844
- Forel, 1903
- Meranoplus carinatus Donisthorpe, 1942
- Meranoplus flaviventris Donisthorpe, 1943
- Meranoplus laeviventris Emery, 1889
- Meranoplus levis Donisthorpe, 1942
- Forel, 1902
- Messor barbarus Linnaeus, 1767
- Forel, 1902
- Messor instabilis Smith, 1858
- Messor minor André, 1883
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1907
- Monomorium criniceps Mayr, 1879
- Forel, 1902
- Monomorium destructor Jerdon, 1851
- Forel, 1902
- Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851
- Monomorium glabrum André, 1883
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Monomorium kempi Mukerjee, 1930
- Monomorium latinode Mayr, 1872
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1904
- Forel, 1902
- Monomorium orientale Mayr, 1879
- Monomorium pharaonisLinnaeus, 1758
- Forel, 1902
- Monomorium scabriceps Mayr, 1879
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Monomorium subopacum Smith, 1858
- Forel, 1902
- Monomorium wroughtonianum Ettershank, 1966
- Myopopone castanea Smith, 1860
- Myrmecina pilicornis Smith, 1858
- Myrmecina striata Emery, 1889
- Myrmecina urbanii Tiwari, 1994
- Myrmecina vidyae Tiwari, 1994
- Myrmica aimonissabaudiae Menozzi, 1939
- Myrmica beesoni Mukerjee, 1934
- Myrmica breviceps Smith, 1878
- Forel, 1902
- Myrmica dicaporiacoi Menozzi, 1939
- Myrmica ereptrix Bolton, 1988
- Myrmica indica Weber, 1950
- Forel, 1902
- Myrmica luctuosa Smith, 1878
- Myrmica margaritae Emery, 1889
- Forel, 1906
- Myrmica rugifrons Smith, 1858
- Myrmica rugosa Mayr, 1865
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Myrmica smythiesii hecate Weber, 1947
- Forel, 1904
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1904
- Myrmica smythiesii himalayana Weber, 1947
- Myrmica smythiesii lutescens Menozzi, 1939
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Myrmicaria brunnea Saunders, 1842
- Myrmicaria fodica Jerdon, 1851
- Forel, 1893
- Myrmoteras brachygnathum Moffett, 1985
- Myrmoteras indicum Moffett, 1985
- Myrmoteras scabrum Moffett, 1985
- Odontomachus haematodus Linnaeus, 1758
- Odontomachus monticola Emery, 1892
- Odontomachus rixosus Smith, 1857
- Odontomachus simillimus Smith, 1858
- Odontoponera transversa Smith, 1857
- Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius, 1775
- Oligomyrmex aborensis Wheeler, 1913
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Oligomyrmex nayana Sheela and Narendran, 1997
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Pachycondyla amblyopsEmery, 1887
- Pachycondyla annamita André, 1892
- Pachycondyla arcuata Karavaiev, 1925
- Pachycondyla astuta Smith, 1858
- Pachycondyla bispinosa Smith, 1858
- Pachycondyla crassa Emery, 1877
- Forel, 1893
- Pachycondyla darwinii indica Emery, 1899
- Pachycondyla henryi Donisthorpe, 1942
- Pachycondyla javana Mayr, 1867
- Forel, 1900
- Forel, 1886
- Pachycondyla luteipesMayr, 1862
- Pachycondyla luteipescontinentalis Karavaiev, 1925
- Pachycondyla melanaria Emery, 1893
- Pachycondyla nigrita Emery, 1895
- Pachycondyla rubiginosa Emery, 1889
- Pachycondyla rufipes Jerdon, 1851
- Pachycondyla stigma Fabricius, 1804
- Pachycondyla striolata Donisthorpe, 1933
- Pachycondyla sulcata Mayr, 1867
- Forel, 1900
- Forel,1900
- Pachycondyla tesseronoda Emery, 1977
- Forel, 1901
- Paratopula ceylonica Emery, 1901
- Paratopula intermedia Sheela and Narendran, 1998
- Forel, 1902
- Paratrechina assimilis Jerdon, 1851
- Forel, 1886
- Forel, 1894
- Paratrechina longicornisLatreille, 1802
- Forel, 1894
- Forel, 1894
- Forel, 1894
- Pheidole allani Bingham, 1903
- Pheidole bhavanae Bingham, 1903
- Pheidole capellinii Emery, 1887
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Pheidole diffusa Jerdon, 1851
- Pheidole feae Emery, 1895
- Forel, 1902
- Pheidole fervens Smith, 1858
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Pheidole hospita Bingham, 1903
- Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1885
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Pheidole lanuginosa Wilson, 1984
- Pheidole latinoda Roger, 1863
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1885
- Pheidole malabarica Jerdon, 1851
- Forel, 1902
- Pheidole minor Jerdon, 1851
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Pheidole noda Smith, 1874
- Forel, 1911
- Pheidole parasitica Wilson, 1984
- Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865
- Forel, 1902
- Pheidole peguensis Emery, 1895
- Forel, 1902
- Pheidole plagiaria Smith, 1860
- Forel, 1902
- Pheidole providens Sykes, 1835
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Pheidole sepulchralis Bingham, 1903
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Pheidole striativentris Mayr, 1879
- Pheidole sulcaticeps Roger, 1863
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1885
- Forel, 1902
- Plagiolepis balestrierii Menozzi, 1939
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1894
- Forel, 1894
- Plagiolepis moelleri Bingham, 1903
- Plagiolepis pontii Menozzi, 1939
- Forel, 1894
- Platythyrea parallela Smith, 1859
- Forel, 1900
- Polyrhachis aculeata Mayr, 1879
- Polyrhachis armata Le Guillou, 1842
- Polyrhachis armata defensa Smith, 1857
- Polyrhachis bicolor Smith, 1858
- Polyrhachis bihamata Drury, 1773
- Forel, 1893
- Forel, 1912
- Polyrhachis dives Smith, 1857
- Forel, 1907
- Forel, 1902
- Polyrhachis exercita Walker, 1859
- Polyrhachis exercita rastrata Emery, 1889
- Polyrhachis furcata Smith, 1858
- Forel, 1893
- Polyrhachis halidayi Emery, 1889
- Polyrhachis hastata Latreille, 1802
- Polyrhachis hector Smith, 1857
- Polyrhachis hemiopticoides Mukerjee, 1930
- Polyrhachis hippomanes ceylonensis Emery, 1893
- Polyrhachis horni Emery, 1901
- Polyrhachis illaudata Walker, 1859
- Forel, 1886
- Polyrhachis indificans Jerdon, 1851
- Polyrhachis karawaiewi Santschi, 1928
- Polyrhachis lacteipennis Smith, 1858
- Forel, 1893
- Polyrhachis laevissima Smith, 1858
- Forel, 1893
- Polyrhachis marginata Smith, 1859
- Forel, 1904
- Polyrhachis proxima Roger, 1863
- Polyrhachis pubescens Mayr, 1879
- Polyrhachis punctillata Roger, 1863
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1895
- Polyrhachis rastellata Latreille, 1802
- Polyrhachis rastellata corporaali Santschi, 1928
- Polyrhachis rastellata pagana Santschi, 1928
- Polyrhachis relucens Latreille, 1802
- Polyrhachis rufipes Smith, 1858
- Polyrhachis sexspinosa Latreille, 1802
- Polyrhachis striata Mayr, 1862
- Forel, 1902
- Polyrhachis sumatrensis hamulata Emery, 1887
- Polyrhachis sumatrensis striatorugosa Mayr, 1862
- Polyrhachis sylvicola Jerdon, 1851
- Polyrhachis thompsoni Bingham, 1903
- Polyrhachis thrinax Roger, 1863
- Forel, 1893
- Polyrhachis tibialis Smith, 1858
- Forel, 1893
- Forel, 1894
- Forel, 1902
- Proceratium williamsi Mathew and Tiwari, 2000
- Pseudolasius familiaris Smith, 1860
- Pyramicasp.
- Forel, 1890
- Forel, 1912
- Forel, 1902
S-Z
- Solenopsis geminata Fabricius, 1804
- Forel, 1900
- Stenamma wilsoni Bharti, Gul & Sharma, 2012
- Stenamma jhitingriense Bharti, Gul & Sharma, 2012
- Strumigenys emmae Emery, 1890
- Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866
- Strumigenys lewisi Cameron, 1886
- Forel, 1902
- Tapinoma annandalei Wheeler, 1928
- Forel, 1895
- Tapinoma luffae Kurian, 1955
- Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793
- Forel, 1904
- Technomyrmex albipes Smith, 1861
- Forel, 1895
- Forel, 1895
- Forel, 1902
- Technomyrmex incisus Mukerjee, 1930
- Tetramorium barryi Mathew, 1980
- Forel, 1902
- Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846
- Tetramorium browni Bolton, 1980
- Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Tetramorium cordatus Sheela and Narendran, 1998
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1904
- Forel, 1902
- Tetramorium guineense Bernard, 1953
- Forel, 1902
- Tetramorium keralensis Sheela and Narendran, 1998
- Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870
- Tetramorium malabarensis Sheela and Narendran, 1998
- Forel, 1902
- Tetramorium myops Bolton, 1977
- Tetramorium nursei Bingham, 1903
- Tetramorium obesum André, 1887
- Tetramorium petiolatus Sheela and Narendran, 1998
- Tetramorium pilosum Emery, 1893
- Tetramorium rossi Bolton, 1976
- Forel, 1902
- Tetramorium rugigaster Bolton, 1977
- Forel, 1902
- Tetramorium sentosus Sheela and Narendran, 1998
- Tetramorium simillimum Smith, 1851
- Tetramorium smithi Mayr, 1879
- Tetramorium tortuosum Roger, 1863
- Forel, 1890
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1902
- Tetraponera allaborans Walker, 1859
- Tetraponera attenuata Smith,1877
- Forel, 1902
- Tetraponera modesta Smith, 1860
- Tetraponera nigra Jerdon, 1858
- Tetraponera nitida Smith, 1860
- Tetraponera rufonigra Jerdon, 1851
- Vollenhovia acanthina Karavaiev, 1935
- Vollenhovia oblonga laevithorax Emery, 1889
- Vombisidris humboldticola Merry and Priyadarsanan, 2004
- Yavnella indica Kugler, 1987
Gallery
- Some common ant species in India [1]
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Anoplolepis gracilipes (Crazy yellow ants) -
Camponotus sp. (Carpenter ant) -
Monomorium pharaonis (Pharaoh ant) -
Oecophylla smaragdina (Red Weaver ant) -
Paratrechina longicornis (Black Crazy ants) -
Tetraponera rufonigra (Arboreal Bicolor ant) -
Tapinoma melanocephalum (Ghost ants)
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References
- Checklist of Indian ants
- T. C. Jerdon's ant lists
- Bingham, C. T. 1903. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera 2. Ants and cuckoo-wasps. London. 506 pp. Browse or download the pdf here: [1]
- List of Ants India, Dr. Himender Bharti, Gary D. Alpert
- [2], India Ants, Dr. Himender Bharti
- [3], Ants of India, Dr. Himender Bharti
- ^ Identifying common ants: Pronoy Baidya, retrieved 2022-06-14