Two new species of a rare ant genus discovered in India
Part of: GS Prelims and GS- III – Biodiversity; Environment
In news
Two new species of a rare ant genus have been discovered in India.
The species of the ant genus Ooceraea found in Kerala, and Tamil Nadu add to the diversity of this rare genus.
Key takeaways
One of them found in the Periyar Tiger Reserve of Kerala, has been named Ooceraea joshii, in honour of Prof. Amitabh Joshi, a distinguished evolutionary biologist.
The newly discovered ant species with ten segmented antennae, establish an old world lineage that contains a species emerging as the only model organism among the ant subfamily.
