Annals of Plant Protection Sciences
  • Year: 2008
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue: 1

Redescription of Camponotus compressus fabricius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae: Camponotini)

  • Author:
  • A. Coumar, Debjani Dey
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 128 to 130

Division of Entomology, I.A.R.I, New Delhi - 110012, India

Abstract

Camponotus compressus Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae: Camponotini), a ground dwelling ant species occurs all over India in almost all agro-ecosystems, often as a dominant species. Camponotus compressus is being redescribed with additional diagnostic characters including morphometric indices.

Keywords

Camponotus compressus, Formicinae, Redescription