This List of ants of India is a list and index to the
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of ...
s found in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
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Gallery
File:YellowCrazyAnt-Dinakarr-4May11.JPG, ''Anoplolepis gracilipes'' (Crazy yellow ants)
File:Carpenter ant Tanzania crop.jpg, ''Camponotus sp.'' (Carpenter ant)
File:Monomorium pharaonis.jpg, ''Monomorium pharaonis'' (Pharaoh ant)
File:Red Weaver Ant, Oecophylla smaragdina.jpg, ''Oecophylla smaragdina (Red Weaver ant)''
File:Paratrechina longicornis (A. Narendra).jpg, ''Paratrechina longicornis'' (Black Crazy ants)
File:Tetraponera rufonigra worker, Malaysia, Nicholas Tan (1).jpg, ''Tetraponera rufonigra'' (Arboreal Bicolor ant)
File:Tapinoma.melanocephalum.group.feeding.on.apple.jpg, ''Tapinoma melanocephalum'' (Ghost ants)
References
Checklist of Indian antsT. 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
List of Ants India Dr. Himender Bharti, Gary D. Alpert
India Ants, Dr. Himender Bharti
Ants of India, Dr. Himender Bharti
Lists of ants by location, India
Ants
Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Creta ...
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...