Dr. Himender Bharti
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Current Institution:Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India
Full Address:Department of Zoology
Punjabi University
Patiala
Punjab-147002
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Telephone number:+91-9356785454 (M)
+91-9316150810 (M)
+91-1753046335 (O)
Fax number:+91-0175228073
+91-01752286682
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Research Interests:Formicidae; Taxonomy: Ecology: Evolutionary Biology: Indicator ants: Speciation
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Research Projects:First 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 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 Project (ongoing): Ant Diversity of Himalayas : A Fragile Ecosystem
Dissertation Students:
- MSc. : One student working on Species diversity and nesting pattern of ants from Botanical garden of Punjabi University
- M.Phil. : Three students working on:
- Taxonomic studies on Genus Crematogaster from North-West Siwaliks( Himalaya)
- Taxonomic studies on Genus Camponotus from North-West Siwaliks( Himalaya)
- Use of Oecophylla as bio-control agent
- Ph.D. : One student working on Diversity and abundance of ants( Hymenoptera: Formicidae) along an elevational gradient in Jammu-Kashmir Himalaya
List of Publications:
2007. Bharti H. Social Parasitism: A perspective ( at International conference on Ants and other Social Hymenoptera, at Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala in October,2007)
2007. Bharti H. Ants as an Indicator of Ecosystem health (at International conference on Ants and other Social Hymenoptera, at Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala in October,2007).
2007. Bharti H. Revival of Crematogaster subuda Mayr (Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Myrmicinae ). J. ent. Res.(Published by Malhotra Publishing House, New Delhi){accepted}.
2007. Singh Devinder, Bharti H. and Ramaneek. Population dynamics of Orthoptera (Insecta) collected from light trap. J. ent. Res. (Published by Malhotra Publishing House, New Delhi) 31{1}: 63-71.
2007. Singh Devinder, Punam and Bharti H. Studies on the population dynamics of Hemiptera (Insecta) collected from light trap Ann. Entomol. ( Published by Surya International Publications, Dehradun){ accepted}.
2003. Bharti H. Queen of the Army Ant Aenictus pachycerus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Aenictinae). Sociobiology,USA( Published by Department of Biological Sciences of California State University,USA). 42{3}: 715-718.
2003. Bharti H. Polyrhachis punjabi sp.n.{Hymenoptera:Formicidae: Formicinae } from India. Folia Heyrovskyana, Czec Republic (Published by Vit Kabourek, ZLIN, and Czech Republic) 11 {1}:1-3.
2003. Bharti H. A new species of Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) from India. Russian Journal of Entomology,Russia ( Published by Zoological Museum of Moscow State University, Moscow) 12(3): 305-306.
2003. Bharti H. A new species of Crematogaster (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) Mayr from India. Entomon ( Published by Association for Advancement of Entomology, University of Kerala,Trivandrum 28 {2} :85-88.
2003. Bharti H. Ants and Forensic Entomology. ANeT, Japan ( Published by Kagoshima University, Japan).18-20.
2003. Bharti H. Formicidae an Indian Perspective, but Global Concern. ANeT, Japan ((Published by Kagoshima University, Japan).9-10.
2003. Bharti H. Ants of Upper Himalayas {Presented at ANeT International Conference held at Bangkok, 2003).
2002. Bharti H. Redescription of Lepisiota modesta Forel{ Hym. : Formicidae}. Annals of Forestry (Published by Jyoti Publishers, Dehradun) 10{2}:356-358.
2002. Bharti H. Check list of Ants from North-west India-II. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Society (Published by Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay) 99{2}:341-343.
2002. Bharti H. Lists of Formicids ( Hymenoptera : Formicidae) at FRI, Dehradun. J. ent. Res.( Published by Malhotra Publishing House, New Delhi) 26 {4} :337-342.
2001. Bharti H. Two new species of Pheidole (Myrmicinae : Formicidae : Hymenoptera ) from India. J. ent. Res. .(Published by Malhotra Publishing House, New Delhi) 25 { 3} : 243-247.
2001. Bharti H. Check list of Ants from North-west India-I. U. P. Journal of Zoology ( Published by Uttar Pradesh Zoological Society Muzzafarnagar) 21{2} :163-167.
2000. Bharti H. and Saini M.S. Genus Rhogogaster Konow, with a new species from Oriental region (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae). U.P.Journal of Zoology, (Published by Uttar Pradesh Zoological Society, Muzzafarnagar) 20{3}:261-263.
2000. Bharti H. and Saini M.S. A review of the genus Metallopeus Malaise from India with the description of two new species (Hymenoptera, Symphyta: Tenthredinidae). Ent. Ber. Amst.,Netherland ( Published by Wageningen Agricultural University, Netherland) 60(2) : 31-35.
1999. Saini M.S. and Bharti H. Two new species of Genus Siobla Cameron (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from India and a revised key to Indian species. Rec. Zool. Surv.( Published by Z.S.I. India , Calcutta) 97{4} : 65-74.
1997. Saini M.S. and Bharti H. New synonymies of some Indian Tenthredo. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc.( Published by Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay) 94 (2) : 433.
1997. Saini M.S. and Bharti H. First records of subfamily Tenthredininae( Hymenoptera : Tenthredinidae) from India. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., (Published by Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay) 94 (2): 428-432.
1997. Saini M.S. and Bharti H. New Indian Tenthredo species (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from North West Himalayas. Folia Ento. Hungarica, Hungary( Published by Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary) LVIII : 173-181
1996. Saini M.S., Bharti H and Singh D. Taxonomic revision of genus Macrophya Dahlbom (Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Tenthredinidae, Tenthredininae) from India. Dtsh. Ent. Z. German (Published by Museum fur Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitata Zu Berlin) 43 (1) : 129-154.
1996. Saini M.S. and Bharti H. Replacement names for two species of genus Siobla Cameron (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae :Tenthredininae). J. Ent. Res. (Published by Malhotra Publishiing House, New Delhi 20 (4) : 377.
1996. Saini M.S. and Bharti H. Addition of five new species to the Indian Tenthredo Linnaeus (Tenthredinidae, Hymenoptera) from North west India. Ann. Entomol. (Published by Surya International Publications, Dehradun) 14 (2) : 61-67.
1996. Saini M.S. and Bharti H. New additions to Indian
Tenthredo from Northwestern Himalayas (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)-2. Bull. Assoc. Zool. Baramati, Pune (Published by Association of Zoologists, Baramati, Pune) 1:15-21.
1996. Saini M.S. and Bharti H. Addition of five new species to the Indian Tenthredo from North West India. Ann. Entomol., (Published by Surya International Publications, Dehradun) 14{2}: 90-92.
1995. Saini M.S. and Bharti H. A new species of genus Peus Konow (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from India, and a revised key to Oriental region. Entomon (Published by Association for Advancement of Entomology, University of Kerala,Trivandrum) 20 ( 3 & 4) : 224-23
List of Conference Contributions:
2007. Bharti H. Social Parasitism: A perspective ( at International conference on Ants and other Social Hymenoptera, at Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala in October,2007)
2007. Bharti H. Ants as an Indicator of Ecosystem health (at International conference on Ants and other Social Hymenoptera, at Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala in October,2007).
2005. Bharti H. Diversification, speciation and ants: A view point (Presented at 5th International Conference on ants at University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (From 28th November, 2005 to 4th December, 2005).
2003. Bharti H. Ants of Upper Himalayas {Presented at ANeT International Conference held at Bangkok, 2003).
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