Description of two new species of ants of the genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from the Eastern Himalayas

Authors: 
PUNNATH ASWAJ, KARUNAKARAN ANOOP, DHARMA RAJAN PRIYADARSANAN
Other Details: 
Zootaxa4990 (1): 160–171, https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.1.10

We named a new species Myrmecina bawai in honour of the founder president of ATREE, Prof. Kamaljit S. Bawa, the renowned evolutionary ecologist and conservation biologist. Researchers from ATREE, Dr. Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan & Mr. Aswaj Punnath discovered Myrmecina bawai in the beautiful and anthropogenically undisturbed landscape of Mizoram.

Abstract URL: 
https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4990.1.10
Full Text URL: 
https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4990.1.10
Year of publication: 
06.2021
People: 
Aswaj P
Dr. Priyadarsanan Dharmarajan
Non-ATREE Publication(Y/N): 
No