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First Record of Ant (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Lakshadweep Islands, India


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The formerly known Laccadive, Amini and Minicoy group of Islands in the Arabian sea were named as Lakshadweep in the year 1973 to form one of the smallest Union Territories of India. Lakshadweep archipelago consists of 12 atolls, three reefs and five submerged banks with 10 of its 36 Islands (area 32 sq.km.) being inhabited. Scientific expeditions in the area as such can never be restricted to small land mass but must cover a lagoon area of 42 sq. km., territorial waters of 20,000 km. and the exclusive economic zone of 4,00,000 sq.km.
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  • First Record of Ant (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Lakshadweep Islands, India

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Neena Tak
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, West Bengal, India
A. K. Sanyal
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, West Bengal, India

Abstract


The formerly known Laccadive, Amini and Minicoy group of Islands in the Arabian sea were named as Lakshadweep in the year 1973 to form one of the smallest Union Territories of India. Lakshadweep archipelago consists of 12 atolls, three reefs and five submerged banks with 10 of its 36 Islands (area 32 sq.km.) being inhabited. Scientific expeditions in the area as such can never be restricted to small land mass but must cover a lagoon area of 42 sq. km., territorial waters of 20,000 km. and the exclusive economic zone of 4,00,000 sq.km.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v113i4.168725