Bharti, Himender
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Professor Himender Bharti is based at Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, India. His prime area of interest is Evolutionary Biology. He is actively engaged in biogeography, natural history, speciation patterns, systematics, molecular phylogeny, ecology, conservation biology chemical ecology and redlisting of ants. He is building up much needed reference collection of Indian ants and is instrumental in creating database.
COLLABORATIONS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
2017 – Present: Involved in GAGA (global project on ant genomics)
2017 – 2020: Member, IUCN/Species Survival Commission South Asian Invertebrate Specialist Group
2010 – Present: Curator, Ants of India website: (http://www.antweb.org/india.jsp)
2009 – Present: President, ANeT (International Network for Study of Ants)
2014 – Present: President, IUSSI India Chapter (http://www.antdiversityindia.com/iussi_indian_chapter)
2014 – Present: Involved in Indian Biodiversity Portal for Ants of India-(http://indiabiodiversity.org/group/ants_of_india/founders)
2012 – Present: Involved in Barcode of Life project- Formicidae Barcode of life-http://www.formicidaebol.org/all_participants.php
2011 – Present: Mentor/Resource person for Inspire Programme of Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi
2009 – Present: Involved in Action Plan for conservation of Ants in Asia-A proposed IUCN specialist group and Red Listing of Ants (http://www.antdiversityindia.com/action_plan_for_conservation_of_asian_ants)
2009 – Present: Involved in Insect Biodiversity Network in Asia-Cibodas Declaration-2009-(http://antdiversityindia.com/cibodas_declaration-2009)
2008 – Present: Involved in Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) project http://www.eol.org/users/47880
2006 – Present: TOL (Tree of life) online contributor for Hymenoptera(Formicidae)-http://wwww.tolweb.org/onlinecontributors/app;jsessionid=FF1F28A43A0F18BA12E4EC18107DC4B9?page=PeopleList&service=external&sp=8232 (Arizona University-USA)
MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS/GRANTS IN THE BROAD SUBJECT AREA 2019–2022: Molecular Phylogeny and Phylogeography of ant genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India sanctioned by Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi (approved layout: 34,95,600/-)
2014–2017: All India Coordinated Project on capacity Building in Taxonomy (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India sanctioned by Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India, New Delhi (approved layout: about 30, 54,000/-). 2012–2016: 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 (approved layout: 37,54,000/-)
2012–2015: Diversity and Abundance of Ants from Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh sanctioned by Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India, New Delhi (approved layout: about 26,68,420/-)
2008–2012: 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 in 2008 (approved layout: 19,06380/-)
2009–2013: ICAR Network Project on Insect Systematics sanctioned by Indian Council of Agriculture Research, New Delhi (approved layout: about 36, 00,000/-)
2008–2012: 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 in 2008 (approved layout: 28,33,000/-)
1999–2001: Young Scientist project awarded by Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi, to study diversity of ants from North-Western India (approved layout: 7,00,000/-)
2001–2004: Young Scientist Project awarded by Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi, to study diversity of ants from India (approved layout: about 12,00,000/-)
2005–2008: Young Scientist Project awarded by Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi, to study Ant Diversity of Himalayas: A Fragile Ecosystem (approved layout: 8,00,000/-)
JOURNAL EDITORIAL MEMBERSHIP AND REVIEWERSHIP
2009 – Present: Chief Editor, Halteres (https://journalhalteres.com/)
2007 – Present: Member, Editorial Board, Asian Myrmecology (http://www.asian-myrmecology.org/)
2023– Member Editorial Board, Journal of Wildlife Science (https://jwls.in/)
2023– Member Editorial Board, Vigyan de Naqsh (published by Punjabi University Patiala)
2021 – Member, Editorial Board, Current Research in Insect Science (Elsevier)
2020 – Present: Section Editor Ants, Sociobiology
2009 – Present: Reviewer for Zookeys, Insectes Sociaux, Sociobiology, Journal of Asia Pacific Entomology,Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, Journal of Natural History, Journal of Hymenoptera Research, Tropical Ecology, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Entomological Research, Environmental Entomology, Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Turkish journal of entomology, Journal of Entomological Research Society, Entomologia Generalis, Current Science, Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, Journal of Threatened Taxa, Indian Journal of Entomology, Pakistan Journal of Zoology, Journal Hexapoda, Oriental Insects, Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences, Journal of Insect Biodiversity, Journal of Hymenoptera Research, European journal of taxonomy, Journal of Insect Biodiversity, National Academy Science Letters .
WEB: https://antdiversity.com/
Email: himenderbharti@gmail.com /himender_bharti@yahoo.com
TAXONOMIC PUBLICATIONS
- Akbar, S.A., Bharti, H., Schifani, E., Wachkoo, A. A. 2023. Overview of the ant genus Vollenhovia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in India and Sri Lanka, with an illustrated key and the description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 908, 77-107. doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.908.2339.
- Akbar, S.A., Bharti, H., Wachkoo, A.A. 2023. Crematogaster bonnieae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), a new acrobat-ant species from the Western Ghats, India. Annales Zoologici Fennici 60, 9-17 (doi:10.5735/086.060.0103).
- Akbar, S.A., Schifani, E., Bharti, H., A.A. Wachkoo. 2023. Taxonomic Overview of the Tetramorium tortuosum Group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in India and Sri Lanka, with Descriptions of Three New Species from the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 60(1)109-126. doi:10.5735/086.060.0112
- Bharti, H. 2008. Altitudinal diversity of ants in Himalayan regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 52:305-322.
- Bharti, H. & Akbar, S.A. 2013a. Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Strumigenys Smith, 1860 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with report of two new species and five new records including a tramp species from India. Sociobiology. 60:387-396. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v60i4.387-396
- Bharti, H, & Akbar, S.A. 2013c. Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Cerapachys Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from India. ZooKeys 336: 79–103. doi:10.3897/zookeys.336.5719
- Bharti, H., Gul, I., Sasi, S. 2016. Taxonomy of Temnothorax simlensis stat. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with first description of sexual castes along with a mention of its plesiobiotic association with Himalayan species of genus Myrmica. Sociobiology. 63(2):748-754. (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v63i2.869)
- Bharti, H. & Kumar, R. 2012c. A new species of Leptanilla with a key to Oriental species. Annales Zoologici (Warszawa) 62: 619-625
- Bharti, H.; Kumar, R. 2013c. Six New Species of Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) with Restructuring of World Species Groups and a Key to Indian Species. J. Entomol. Res. Soc., 15(1): 47-67.
- Bharti, H., Radchenko, A., Sasi, S. 2016. Socially-parasitic Myrmica species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Himalaya, with the description of a new species. ZooKeys 605: 113–129. doi:10.3897/zookeys.605.9087
- Bharti, H., Rilta, J.S., Dhadwal, T. 2021. Two new species of Ooceraea (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) from India with ten-segmented antennae. ZooKeys 1010, 165–183 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1010.58436).
- Bharti, H. & Wachkoo, A.A. 2013d. Cerapachys browni and Cerapachys costatus, two new rare ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Biologia 68/6: 1189—1192. doi:10.2478/s11756-013-0260-9
- Bharti, H.; Wachkoo, A. A. 2014a. A new carpenter ant, Camponotus parabarbatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e996. doi:10.3897/BDJ.2.e996
- Dhadwal, T., Bharti, H. 2021. First record of Camponotus japonicus Mayr, 1866 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Halteres 12: 74-79 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.6198922).
- Dhadwal, T., Bharti, H. 2022. Carebara periyarensis sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) a new species from India. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 24(3): 407-415. doi:10.51963/jers.v24i3.2322
- Dhadwal, T., Bharti, H. 2023. Aenictus dirangensis sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new species of Aenictus ceylonicus group from India. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 25(2): 387-403 (doi:10.51963/jers.v25i2.2367).
- Dhadwal, T., Bharti, H. 2023. Lordomyrma mewasinghi, a new species of the ant genus Lordomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Asian Myrmecology 16, e016001 (doi:10.20362/am.016001).
- Dhadwal, T., Bharti, H. 2023. A new species of ant genus Stictoponera Mayr, 1887 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Asian Myrmecology 16, e016002 (doi:10.20362/am.016002).
- Dhadwal, T., Bharti, H. 2023. Two new species of the genus Camponotus Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with five new records from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 901, 1-51 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.901.2317).
- Dhadwal, T., Rilta, J. S., Bharti, H. 2023. Taxonomic studies on the genus Vollenhovia Mayr, 1865 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Five new species from India. Sociobiology 70(3), e9103 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v70i3.9103).
- Wachkoo A. and Bharti, H. 2014. First description of the worker caste of Nylanderia smythiesii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1163.]] doi:10.3897/BDJ.2.e1163