Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Dr. AIJAZ AHMAD WACHKOO M.Sc.; Ph.D; NET(CSIR/UGC); NET (ICAR/ASRB); SET; GATE) D.S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Kashmir

Email. aijaz_shoorida@yahoo.co.in

Past: Junior Research Fellow in Study of ant species abundance and composition with respect to functional groups from lower Siwalik range of North-west Himalaya (Major Research Project sanctioned by Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India, New Delhi(MoEF Project)					August 2008 to August 2010

Senior Research Fellow in Study of ant species abundance and composition with respect to functional groups from lower Siwalik range of North-west Himalaya (Major Research Project sanctioned by Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India, New Delhi(MoEF Project)					August 2010 to February 2012

ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS: Insect collection, Curation, Editing, Reading, Computers, Cricket, Gardening, Cycling, Hiking.

PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Bharti, H., Akbar, S.A. et al. 2015. Taxonomic studies on ant genus Hypoponera from India.pdf|Bharti, H., Akbar, S.A., Wachkoo, A.A. & Singh, J. 2015. Taxonomic studies on ant genus Hypoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) from India. Asian Myrmecology, 7, 37-51.]]
 * [[Media:SEM APHAENOGASTER.pdf|Bharti, H., Dhiman, N., Bharti, M. and Wachkoo, A. A. 2013. SEM studies on immature stages of Aphaenogaster beesoni Donisthorpe, 1933 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Halteres, 4: 68-78. ISSN: 0973-1555.]]
 * [[Media:Bharti & Wachkoo 2011.pdf| Bharti, H.; Wachkoo, A. A. 2011. Amblyopone boltoni, a new ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Sociobiology 58:585-591.]]
 * [[Media:Bharti and wachkoo 2012a.pdf| Bharti, H. & Wachkoo, A.A. 2012a. First record of the genus Myopias from India, with description of new species. Vestnik Zoologii 46: 33-35.]]
 * [[Media:Bharti - wachkoo 2012b.pdf| Bharti, H.; Wachkoo, A. A. 2012b. First verified record of genus Ponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India, with description of two new species. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 58:217-224.]]
 * [[Media:Bharti - wachkoo 2012c.pdf| Bharti, H.; Wachkoo, A. A. 2012c. First record of Prionopelta kraepelini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India, with description of male caste. Sociobiology 59:815-821.]]
 * [[Media:Bharti & Wahkoo 2012.pdf| Bharti, H. & Wachkoo, A. A. 2012d. Prenolepis fisheri, an Intriguing New Ant Species, with a Re-description of Prenolepis naoroji (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India Journal of the Entomological Research Society PDF]]
 * [[Media:Bharti et al 2012.pdf| Bharti, H.; Wachkoo, A. A.; Kumar, R. 2012. Two remarkable new species of Aenictus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 15:291-294.]]
 * [[Media:Bhart - wachkoo 2013.pdf| Bharti, H.; Wachkoo, A. A. 2013a. Two new species of trap jaw ant Anochetus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a key to known species from India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 16:137-142.]]
 * [[Media:Bharti & Wachkoo 2013.pdf|Bharti, H.; Wachkoo, A. A. 2013b. Cryptopone subterranea sp. nov., a rare new cryptobiotic ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Asian Myrmecology 5:1-4.]]
 * [[Media:Bharti & Wachkoo 2013c.pdf|Bharti, H.; Wachkoo, A. A. 2013c. Two new species of the ant genus Leptogenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India, with description of a plesiomorphic ergatogyne. Asian Myrmecology 5:11-19.]]
 * [[Media:Bharti, H. & Wachkoo, A.A. 2013. Cerapachys browni and Cerapachys costatus, two new rare ant species from India.pdf|Bharti, H. & Wachkoo, A.A. 2013d. Cerapachys browni and Cerapachys costatus, two new rare ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Biologia 68/6: 1189—1192 (doi:10.2478/s11756-013-0260-9).]]
 * [[Media:Bharti, H. & Wachkoo, A. 2014. A new carpenter ant, Camponotus parabarbatus from India.pdf|Bharti, H.; Wachkoo, A. A. 2014a. A new carpenter ant, Camponotus parabarbatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e996. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e996, 9 pp.]]
 * [[Media:Bharti 2014.pdf|Bharti, H.; Wachkoo, A. A. 2014b. New synonymy of Proceratium williamsi Tiwari (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zookeys 88:69-72.]]
 * [[Media:Wachkoo & Akbar 2016.pdf|Wachkoo, A.A. and S.A. Akbar 2016. First description of the sexuals of Camponotus opaciventris Mayr, 1879 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with notes on distribution in Western Himalaya. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e10464.]]
 * Wachkoo A. and Bharti, H. 2014. First description of the worker caste of Nylanderia smythiesii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1163. doi:10.3897/BDJ.2.e1163
 * [[Media:Wachkoo, A. A., Bharti, H. 2014. Two new species of Pseudolasius (Hymenoptera Formicidae) from India. Sociobiology 61(3)274-280.pdf|Wachkoo, A. A.; Bharti, H. 2014. Two new species of Pseudolasius (Hymenoptera Formicidae) from India. Sociobiology 61(3)274-280.]]


 * [[Media:Wachkoo, A.A., Bharti, H. 2015. Taxonomic review of ant genus Nylanderia Emery, 1906 in India.pdf|Wachkoo, A. A.; Bharti, H. 2015. Taxonomic review of ant genus Nylanderia Emery, 1906 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 8:105-120.]]