Echinopla cherapunjiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Formicinae
Tribus: Camponotini
Genus: Echinopla
Species: Echinopla cherapunjiensis

Name

• Echinopla cherapunjiensis Bharti & Gul, 2012

Holotype: Worker, Punjabi University Patiala Ant Collection (PUPAC), Patiala, India; l. 02. i. v. 2009 (coll. Irfan Gul).

Type locality: India, Meghalaya, Cherapunji, 25.2988° N 91.7086° E, 1200 m a. s.

Etymology: The species is named after the type locality, Cherapunji.

References

• Bharti, H.; Gul, I. 2012: Echinopla cherapunjiensis sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from India. Vestnik zoologii, 46: 371–373. DOI: 10.2478/v10058-012-0031-z.