New and Known Nesting Mangrove Plants of Red Ant, Oecophylla smaragdina (Insecta:Hymenoptera:Formicidae)

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  • M. K. Dev Roy
     Social Environmental and Biological Association (SEBA), Kolkata ,IN

Keywords:

Red Ant, Oecophylla smaragdina, Nesting Mangrove, Overview.

Abstract

A new nesting mangrove plant, Excoecaria agallocha of the Red ant, Oecophylla smaragdina is recorded from Kerala mangroves along with a list of 18 other red ant nesting mangrove plant species hitherto known from the world.

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2015-12-01

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Volume 12 , Issue 2 , December 2015

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