A group of entomologists have described three new ant species from the Western Ghats.
The discovered species, which belong to the genera Proceratium Roger, 1863, Zasphinctus Wheeler, 1918, and Vollenhovia Mayr, 1865, are all endemic to the Ghats and are confined to microclimates that prevail in the tropical evergreen forests of Kerala.
Such aspects make them bioindicators of climate change, the researchers Kalesh Sadasivan and Manoj Kripakaran of the Travancore Nature History Society (TNHS) Ant Research Group point out.
