A group of zoologists has found a new species of ant, which constructs nests like an elaborate maze having horizontal galleries, in the biodiversity-rich Western Ghats.
Named Anochetus daedalus, the species was discovered recently in Karnataka by Bengaluru-based Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE).
The research work has been published in the latest issue of peer-reviewed Current Science journal.
"While walking through community forests in Heggarane village in Sirsi, we stumbled upon a unique mud structure - an elaborate, labyrinthine, and maze like structure on a vertical fall on the forest trail. Curious to know what it could be, we excavated it and found a few =read more =http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/new-species-of-ant-which-builds-maze-like-nests-found-116032500392_1.html
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