New record of the Ponerine ant Buniapone amblyops (Emery, 1887) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Nepal

Indra Prasad Subedi

doi:10.3126/njz.v5i2.42034

New record of the Ponerine ant Buniapone amblyops (Emery, 1887) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Nepal

Authors

Indra Prasad Subedi Central Department of Zoology, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3385-2018

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/njz.v5i2.42034

Keywords:

Hypogeic, Monotypic, Pachycondyla, Ponerinae, Worker description

Abstract

Buniapone Schmidt & Shattuck 2014 is a monotypic and morphologically distinct hypogeic ant genus found only in Southern and Southeast Asia. The Ponerine ant Buniapone amblyops (Emery 1887) has been recorded for the first time from Nepal. The specimen was hand-collected in Pokhara (28.21361111 N, 83.97222222 E, 840 m asl) from animal dung on the ground. Morphological characteristics of Nepalese B. amblyops worker, distribution, and ecology are discussed.

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Published

2021-12-31

How to Cite

Subedi, I. P. (2021). New record of the Ponerine ant Buniapone amblyops (Emery, 1887) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Nepal. Nepalese Journal of Zoology, 5(2), 62–67. https://doi.org/10.3126/njz.v5i2.42034