Ravavy indicus
| Ravavy indicus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Ravavy |
| Species: | R. indicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ravavy indicus (Forel, 1895) | |
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Ravavy indicus is a species of ant in the genus Ravavy. Described by Forel in 1895, the species is endemic to various countries in Asia.[1] Originally described in Tapinoma, it was transferred to the genus Ravavy in 2025.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Ghosh, S.N. & Sheela, S. 2008. On a collection of Formicidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) from Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India, with new records of one rare genus and a rare species. Asian Myrmecology, 2, 99-102.
- ↑ Seifert, Bernhard (7 July 2025). "Treachery pigmentation pattern leads to misidentification: Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius), Tapinoma pygmaeum (Dufour) and Tapinoma jandai sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)". Contributions to Entomology. 75 (2): 245–252. doi:10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e154879. Retrieved 6 April 2026.