Ants (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) of Rabindra Sarovar, Kolkata/S.N. Ghosh, S. Sheela and B.G. Kundu. Kolkata, Zoological Survey of India, 2005, v, 40 p., figs., (pbk). ISBN 81-8171-064-9.

    Contents: Introduction. 1. Material and methods. 2. Systematic account. 3. Discussion. 4. Summary. Acknowledgement. References.

    From the introduction: "The ants constitute a single family formicidae under order hymenoptera and are cosmopolitan in distribution. They live in almost all ecological niches. Nearly 10,000 species have so far been described from world over. From Kolkata 28 species were reported by Tiwari et al. (1998), in which 14 species from Bingham's (1903) 'Fauna of British India' were also included. Out of those 28 species, 4 species were from Rabindra Sarovar area.

    At a glance ants can be distinguished from other aculeate hymenoptera by the presence of petiole and postpetiole which is/are the modification of one or two segments of abdomen immediately following the propodeum."

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