NEW DELHI: A distinct, stunning blue-coloured ant species was discovered in Siang Valley, a “biodiversity hotspot” of Arunachal Pradesh, in a new research from India.
Accompanying the ‘Abhor’ expedition in 1911-12, a punitive military one against the indigenous people of Siang Valley, was a team of researchers to document its natural history and geography.
After exploring and mapping large parts of the valley, the team catalogued every plant, frog, lizard, fish, bird and mammal and insects they found. Their discoveries were published in several volumes from 1912 to 1922 in the Records of the Indian Museum.
