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2022•University of Sindh Journal of Animal Sciences (USJAS)Open access

Some Records of Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from District Poonch, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

FARZANA AFSAR, MUHAMMAD RAFIQUE KHAN, Zahid Mahmood Sarwar, Ahmad Zia, QUDRAT ULLAH, Muhammad Qasim, Nazeer Ahmed, Sumara Aslam, MUHAMMAD ATHER RAFI, Muhammad Kamal Sheikh, ADNAN SAMEI

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In the present study 12 species belonging to 10 genera of three subfamilies namely; Formicinae, Myrmicinae and Ponerinae under family Formicidae are reported from district Poonch, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Among the recorded species, six species belonging to Formicinae, four in Myrmicinae, and two species in Ponerinae. All the 12 species are reported first time for district Poonch, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. however, only one species namely, Odontoponera transversa (Smith, 1857) of subfamily Ponerinae is new record from Pakistan.

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In the present study 12 species belonging to 10 genera of three subfamilies namely; Formicinae, Myrmicinae and Ponerinae under family Formicidae are reported from district Poonch, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Among the recorded species, six species belonging to Formicinae, four in Myrmicinae, and two species in Ponerinae. All the 12 species are reported first time for district Poonch, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. however, only one species namely, Odontoponera transversa (Smith, 1857) of subfamily Ponerinae is new record from Pakistan.

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In the present study 12 species belonging to 10 genera of three subfamilies namely; Formicinae, Myrmicinae and Ponerinae under family Formicidae are reported from district Poonch, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Among the recorded species, six species belonging to Formicinae, four in Myrmicinae, and two species in Ponerinae. All the 12 species are reported first time for district Poonch, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. however, only one species namely, Odontoponera transversa (Smith, 1857) of subfamily Ponerinae is new record from Pakistan.

Key concepts: Formicinae, Myrmicinae, Biology, Hymenoptera, Subfamily, Vespoidea, Zoology, Ecology

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