Diversity of Ants in University Campus, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra
Subhash Natthu Salve *
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Ants are abundant insects and are considered important in ecosystem working they have different ecological roles including nutrient cycling seed dispersal. Ants are imperative of ecosystem not as they were since they constitute an incredible portion of the creature biomass, but moreover, since they act as ecosystem build. This research is carried out from January 2021 to June 2021. Amid this research insect samples were collected from the college campus, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad. In these findings ants of around 10 species were found distinctive species were collected through distinctive strategies and recorded their differing qualities. Amid the display think about on diversity of ants from college campus, Dr. B.A.M.U. Aurangabad 10 species belonging to the 10 genera and 4 sub-families, such as dolichoderinae, formicinae, myrmicinae and pseudomyrmecinae. Differences of ant’s identification is carried out from January to April amid this research ants were collected by utilizing entanglement traps, scented trap and hand collection methods ants were generally collected during morning and were preserved by the wet preservation methods. Ants play a vital part in the environment. Ants turn and circulate air through the soil; permitting water and oxygen to reach plant roots. Ants take seeds down into their burrow to eat the nutrition elaiosomes that are the portion of the seed. Ants eat a wide assortment of natural fabric and give nourishment to numerous distinctive life forms. Through moving of soil by settle building action and by collecting nourishment they influence the level of supplements within the soil. This may by implication affect the nearby populaces of decomposers such as from collembolan, to species much higher up the nourishment chain.
Keywords: climate change, Ant diversity, anthropogenic impact,, species identification, aquatic insects., ecological roles, community behaviors
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