Akbar, Shahid Ali

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002, Punjab, India.
PUBLICATIONS
- Akbar, S. A., Bharti, H., Schifani, E., Wachkoo, A. A. 2023. Overview of the ant genus Vollenhovia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in India and Sri Lanka, with an illustrated key and the description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 908, 77-107 doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.908.2339.
- Akbar, S.A., Bharti, H., Wachkoo, A.A. 2023. Crematogaster bonnieae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), a new acrobat-ant species from the Western Ghats, India. Annales Zoologici Fennici 60, 9-17 (doi:10.5735/086.060.0103).
- Akbar, S. A., Schifani, E., Bharti, H., A.A. Wachkoo. 2023. Taxonomic Overview of the Tetramorium tortuosum Group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in India and Sri Lanka, with Descriptions of Three New Species from the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 60(1)109-126. doi:10.5735/086.060.0112
- Bharti, H., Akbar, S.A. 2013. Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Strumigenys Smith, 1860 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with report of two new species and five new records including a tramp species from India. Sociobiology 60, 387-396 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v60i4.387-396).
- Bharti, H., Akbar, S.A. 2013. Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Cerapachys Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from India. ZooKeys 336: 79–103 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.336.5719).
- Bharti, H., Akbar, S.A. 2014. Meranoplus periyarensis, a remarkable new ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 17(4):811-815 (doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2014.07.014 10.1016/j.aspen.2014.07.014).