Bharti, Himender

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Dr Himender Bharti is engaged in taxonomy of Indian Ants and is preparing data base. He is building up reference ant collection in India with inputs from museums and fellow myrmecologists. Indian ants display a remarkable range of diversity with many more taxa still to be discovered. Currently, the Indian ant fauna is representative of this diversity, and includes 12 of the 22 known subfamilies (Aenictinae, Amblyoponinae, Cerapachyinae, Dolichoderinae, Dorylinae, Ectatomminae, Formicinae, Leptanillinae, Myrmicinae, Ponerinae, Proceratiinae, Pseudomyrmecinae). The current species list includes approximately 600 species from 80 genera and will continue to increase in number as researchers begin to systematically explore the diverse habitats of ants across the region. Ants in India occupy a variety of habitats such as leaf litter, trees, soil, and dead logs, while tramp species prefer human-modified habitats. Besides ant taxonomy, Dr Bharti’s prime area of interest is Evolutionary Biology, speciation patterns and role of ants in ecology, ants as indicators of eco-system health. He is also involved in conservation and red listing of ants.

Research Projects (Already completed) Young Scientist project awarded by Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi in 1999 to study diversity of ants from North-Western India Second Young Scientist Project awarded by Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi in 2001 to study diversity of ants from India Third Young Scientist Project awarded by Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi in 2005 to study Ant Diversity of Himalayas : A Fragile Ecosystem

Research Projects (ongoing) a)Social Parasitism in Himalayan Ants and their Speciation Patterns (Major Research Project sanctioned by Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi) b)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) c) ICAR Network Project on Insect Systematics (Major Research Project sanctioned by Indian Council of Agriculture Research, New Delhi) d)Evaluation/trials on Imidacloprid 0.03% Ant Gel-Maxforce Quantum (Research Project sanctioned by Bayer Crop Science limited)

Research Collaborations/Associations

Pheidole working group (http://academic.evergreen.edu/projects/ants/pheidoleworkinggroup/index.ht

President ANeT(International network for study of Asian ants) Database of Indian Ants (California Academy of Sciences) Ants of India (Harvard University) Red listing of Ants DNA barcoding with Dr Carsten Bruhl, University of Landau, Germany and Dr. Noriko Azuma Division of Marine Life Science Faculty and Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences Hokkaido University 3-1-1 Minato Hakodate 041-8611 JAPAN Insect Biodiversity Network for Asia

Organisation for Conservation and Study of Biodiversity(NGO) Editor(Halteres and Asian Myrmecology)

Taxon Editor

ANTS IN BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN ASIA

Mountain Forum

Present Address: Department of Zoology, Punjabi University Patiala, Punjab , India , 147002

Web: www.antdiversityindia.com

Database of Indian Ants (California Academy of Sciences)

Ants of India (Harvard University)

Email: himenderbharti@antdiversityindia.com/himenderbharti@gmail.com / himender_bharti@yahoo.com Telephone: +91 9356785454 (M); FAX: +91 1752280180

TAXONOMIC PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Bharti 2001.pdf|Bharti, H. 2001. Two new species of Pheidole Westwood (Myrmicinae: Formicidae: Hymenoptera) from India. J. Entomol. Res. (New Delhi) 25(3): 243-247 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bharti 2002.pdf|Bharti, H. 2002. Redescription of Lepisiota modesta Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Annals of Forestry 10(2): 356-358 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bharti 2003a.pdf|Bharti, H. 2003a. A new species of Crematogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from India. Entomon 28(2): 85-88 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bharti 2003b.pdf|Bharti, H. 2003b. Queen of the army ant Aenictus pachycereus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Aenictinae). Sociobiology 42: 715-718 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bharti 2003c.pdf|Bharti, H. 2003c. Polyrhachis punjabi sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) from India. Folia Heyrovskyana 11(1): 1-3 PDF']]


 * [[Media:Bharti 2004.pdf|Bharti, H. 2004 [2003]. A new species of Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Myrmicinae: Formicidae: Hymenoptera) from India. Russ. Entomol. J. 12(3): 305-306 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bharti 2007.pdf| Bharti, H. 2008a. Ants and speciation patterns. ANeT Newsletter 10:6-9. [2008-05-25] PDF]]


 * Bharti, H. 2008. Altitudinal diversity of ants in Himalayan regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 52:305-322.


 * [[Media:Bharti 2008.pdf|Bharti, H. 2008. Redescription of Crematogaster subuda Mayr (Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Myrmicinae ). J. ent. Res.(Published by Malhotra Publishing House, New Delhi)32{1}: 83-88. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bharti 2011.pdf| Bharti, H. 2011. List of Indian ants. Halteres 2: 79-87. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bharti 2012a.pdf| Bharti, H. 2012a. Myrmica nefaria sp.n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – a new social parasite from Himalaya. Myrmecological News 16, 149-156. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bharti 2012b.pdf| Bharti, H. 2012b. Two new species of the genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from the Himalaya. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 155:9-14. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bharti Gul & Sharma 2012.pdf| Bharti, H.; Gul, I.; Sharma, Y. P. 2012. Two new species of Stenamma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Indian Himalaya with a revised key to the Palaearctic and Oriental species. Sociobiology 59:317-330. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bharti Gul & Sharma 2012b.pdf| Bharti, H.; Gul, I.; Sharma, Y. P. 2012. Pseudolasius machhediensis, a new ant species from Indian Himalaya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 59:805-813. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bharti - kumar 2012a.pdf| Bharti, H. & Kumar, R. 2012a. Lophomyrmex terraceensis, a new ant species of the bedoti group with a revised key. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 15: 265-267. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bharti - kumar 2012.pdf| Bharti, H.; Kumar, R. 2012b. Taxonomic studies on genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with report of two new species and three new records including a tramp species from India with a revised key. ZooKeys 207:11-35. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bharti & Sharma 2011.pdf|Himender Bharti, Yash Paul Sharma. 2011a. Myrmica elmesi (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) a new species from Himalaya. ZooKeys 124: 51–58. PDF]]


 * Bharti, H. & Sharma, Y.P. 2011b. Myrmica radchenkoi, a new species of ant from Indian Himalaya. Sociobiology 58: 427-434.


 * Bharti, H. & Sharma, Y.P. 2011c. Myrmica  longisculpta, a new species from Himalaya.  Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51: 723-729.Bharti, H. & Wachkoo, A.A. 2011.  Amblyopone boltoni, a new ant species from India. Sociobiology 58: 585-591.


 * [[Media:Bharti & Sharma 2011d.pdf| Bharti, H.; Sharma, Y. P. 2011d. Myrmica elmesi (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) a new species from Himalaya. ZooKeys 124:51-58. [2011-08-17] PDF]]


 * Bharti, H.; Wachkoo, A. A. 2011. Amblyopone boltoni, a new ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Sociobiology 58:585-591. [2011-11]


 * [[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 PDF]]


 * [[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. 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 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 PDF]]