Indian Journal of Entomology
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  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 86
  • Issue: 3

Food hiding behaviour of ant Carebara affinis (Jerdon)

  • Author:
  • Priyanka Das1,*, Sheela Saroj1
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Published Online: Mar 1, 2025
  • Page Number: 881 to 884

1Central Entomology Laboratory, Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, 700053, West Bengal, India

*Email: priyankazsi10@gmail.com (corresponding author): ORCID ID 0000-0002-6087-4872

Online published on 1 April, 2025.

Abstract

For the first time, food hiding behaviour by the Ant Carebara affinis (Jerdon, 1851) is reported here from Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, which is an urban garden situated at Howrah, West Bengal, India. Multiple roles played by the species as predators, scavengers and in seed dispersal is emphasised here.

Keywords

Ant, Formicidae, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Frog, Decomposition, Predators, Scavengers, Howrah, Carcass, Minor castes, Soil nest, Urban garden, Food hiding