JOURNAL OF LIAONING TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
(NATURAL SCIENCE EDITION)
LIAONING GONGCHENG JISHU DAXUE XUEBAO (ZIRAN KEXUE BAN)
辽宁工程技术大学学报（自然科学版）
NEWLY REPORTED GENERA OF ANTS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) FROM DISTRICT SWAT, PAKISTAN
Aman Ullah, Daud Ali, Nauman Ahmad*, Syed Saboor Khan, Wefaq Ahmad, Syed Zaheer Abbas, Ali Rahman, Muqeem Khan, Hazrat Khan, Shahir Yar
Abstract
Ants fauna of Pakistan is very much diverse but has been poorly identified till now. The study was carried out during the year 2023 to collect and identify the ant fauna of District Swat. The specimens were collected using hand net, aspirator and pitfall trap. Based on the recent collected specimens, 3 genera via Sphinctomyrmex, Simopone and Myrcidris belongs to the sub-families Dorylinae and Pseudomyrmecinae were reported for the 1st time from Swat-Pakistan.