Research Projects (completed)
a) Young Scientist Projects:
First 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
b) Major Research Projects:
Social Parasitism in Himalayan Ants and their Speciation Patterns sanctioned by Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi
Study of ant species abundance and composition with respect to functional groups from lower Siwalik range of North-west Himalaya sanctioned by Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India, New Delhi
Evaluation/trials on Imidacloprid 0.03% Ant Gel-Maxforce Quantum sanctioned by Bayer Crop Science limited
- ICAR Network Project on Insect Systematics sanctioned by Indian Council of Agriculture Research, New Delhi
- Diversity and Abundance of Ants from Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh sanctioned by Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India, New Delhi
Major Research Projects (ongoing)
All India Coordinated Project (AICOPTAX) on Ants (Formicidae) sanctioned by Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India, New Delhi
Molecular Phylogeny and biology of high altitude ants of genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) sanctioned by Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi
Recent Publications
2016 Bharti, H., Radchenko , A. and Sasi S. Socially-Parasitic Myrmica species Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Himalaya, with the description of a new species ZooKeys, 605 : 113–129. (Download PDF)
2016 Bharti, H., Guénard, B., Bharti, M. and Economo, E.P. An updated checklist of the ants of India with their specific distributions in Indian states (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) ZooKeys, 551: 1–83 (Download PDF)
2016 B. Seifert, A. Buschinger, A. Aldawood, V. Antonova, H. Bharti, L. Borowiec, W. Dekoninck, D. Dubovikoff, X. Espadaler, J. Flegr, C. Georgiadis, J. Heinze, R. Neumeyer, F. Odegaard, J. Oettler, A. Radchenko, R. Schultz, M. Sharaf, J. Trager, A. Vesnić, M. Wiezik, H. Zettel. Banning paraphylies and executing Linnaean taxonomy is discordant and reduces the evolutionary and semantic information content of biological nomenclature. Insectes Sociaux DOI 10.1007/s00040-016-0467-1
2016 Bharti, M. and Bharti, H. Association and impact of ectoparasitic blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) on Himalayan ants of genus Myrmica. Insectes Sociaux DOI 10.1007/s00040-016-0480-4
2016 Bharti, H., Gul, I. and Sasi, S. Taxonomy of Temnothorax simlensis stat. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with first description of sexual castes along with a mention of its plesiobiotic association with Himalayan speceis of genus Myrmica. Sociobiology,63 (2): 748-754. DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v63i2.869
2016 Bharti, H. and Rilta, J.S. An updated distribution of bigheaded invasive ant Pheidole megacephala in India. Halteres (accepted).
2015 Bharti, H. and Rilta, J.S. Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Ponera Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with the description of a new species from India. ZooKeys, 526: 9–18. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.526.5971
2015 Boudinot, B.E.,Wachkoo, A. A. and Bharti, H. The ergatoid male of Platythyrea sagei Forel, 1900 (Formicidae: Ponerinae), with a discussion of the colonial role of male ants. Myrmecological News, 22: 59-64.
2015 Bharti, H. and Rilta, J.S. A New Species and a New Record of the Ant Genus Stigmatomma Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Sociobiology, 62(4): 506-512.
2015 Akbar, S.A. and Bharti, H. First record of rare ant genus Calyptomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India, along with a revised key to known Oriental species. Biodiversity Data Journal, 3: e5420 1-9.
2015 Bharti, H., Akbar, S.A. and Singh, J. Discothyrea periyarensis sp. n., a new proceratiine ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Proceratiinae) from India. Caucasian Entomological Bull., 11 (1): 121–124.
2015 Bharti, H., Akbar, S.A. First record of genus Protanilla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae) from India with description of a new species.Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology.doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2015.04.008.18: 573–576.
2015 Bharti, H., Akbar, S.A., Wachkoo, A.A. and Singh, J. Taxonomic studies on ant genus Hypoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) from India. Asian Myrmecology, 7:37 – 51.
2015 Bharti, H. and Wachkoo, A. A. Neotype designation and redescriptionof Camponotushorseshoetus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 55(1): 381–385.
2015 Wachkoo, A. A. and Bharti, H. Taxonomic review of ant genus Nylanderia Emery, 1906(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in India.Journal of Asia Pacific Entomology, 8:105-120.
2015 Wachkoo, A. A. and Bharti, H. Taxonomy and distribution of the ant Cataglyphis longipedem (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Biodiversity Data Journal, Doi:10.3897/BDJ.3.e4447
