Preliminary Inventory of Ant Fauna from the Serenity Trust Library and Botanical Garden, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, with Five New State Records

Baidwan, Parvinder Singh and Kapoor, Rakeshwar and Bharti, Himender (2025) Preliminary Inventory of Ant Fauna from the Serenity Trust Library and Botanical Garden, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, with Five New State Records. NATURA SOMOGYIENSIS (46). pp. 127-138. ISSN 1587-1908 (nyomtatott); 2062-9990 (online)

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Abstract

An ant diversity survey was conducted at The Serenity Trust Library and Botanical Garden, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India during August 2025. A total of 23 ant species belonging to 16 genera and 5 subfamilies were recorded from the study area. The subfamily Formicinae was co-dominant with Myrmicinae, each represented by 8 species (34.78%), followed by Ponerinae with 3 species (13.04%), and Dolichoderinae and Pseudomyrmecinae with 2 species each (8.70%). Among the recorded species, five species i.e. Camponotus parius Emery, 1889; Pheidole latinoda Roger, 1863; Brachyponera luteipes (Mayr, 1862); Leptogenys diminuta (Smith, 1857); and Tetraponera nigra (Jerdon, 1851) constitute new records for Gujarat state. This study contributes to the understanding of ant diversity in urban botanical gardens and expands the known distribution of these species in western India.

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