Diacamma ceylonense

Diacamma ceylonense
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Genus:	Diacamma
Species:	D. ceylonense
Binomial name
Diacamma ceylonense Emery, 1897

Diacamma ceylonense, also known as Sri Lanka queenless ant, is a species of ant of the subfamily Ponerinae. It is a widespread species. ^[1]

Subspecies

• Diacamma ceylonense ceylonenseSantschi, 1932 - India, Sri Lanka
• Diacamma ceylonense orbiculatumEmery, 1897 - Laos

References

1. "Diacamma ceylonense".

• Animaldiversity.org

External links

• "Diacamma ceylonense - Facts". AntWeb. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
• "Diacamma ceylonense". at antwiki.org
• Itis.org
• Cuvillier-Hot VV, Cobb M, Malosse C, Peeters C (2001). "Sex, age and ovarian activity affect cuticular hydrocarbons in Diacamma ceylonense, a queenless ant". J Insect Physiol. 47 (4–5): 485–493. Bibcode:2001JInsP..47..485C. doi:10.1016/s0022-1910(00)00137-2. PMID   11166313.
• "Identification of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the queenless, ponerine ant Diacamma ceylonense". Research Gate. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
• N. Rastogi; P. Nair; M. Kolatkar; Raghavendra Gadagkar. "Foraging Strategies in the Ants Myrmicaria brunnea and Diacamma ceylonense-Some Preliminary Observations". Entomon. 22: 79–82.