Dr. Indra Prasad Subedi

Recent Publications

• Yang, D.Y., Min Suk Oh, M.S., Jo, M., Lee, B., Choi, J., Basnet, S., Subedi, I.P., Lee, S., and Han, C.S. 2026. Coercive male genital structures expose concealed female genitalia in the water strider Chimarrhometra orientalis Distant, 1879. Arthropod Structure & Development, 90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2025.101506
• Subedi, I.P., Wachkoo, A.A., and Akbar, S.A. 2025. Synopsis of the formicine ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) of Nepal. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 45(3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-025-01575-8
• Subedi, I.P., Yusupov, Z.M., and Budha, P.B. 2023. Three New Species of the Ant Genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Nepal. Far Eastern Entomologist, 475, 6–16. https://doi.org/10.25221/fee.475.2
• Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L. and Yamane, S. 2023. Ponerine ants of Nepal (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Ponerinae): a generic synopsis, new faunal records, and rediscovery of a rare ant, Emeryopone franzi (Baroni Urbani 1975). Asian Myrmecology, 16(016003), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.20362/am.016003
• Eisawi, K.A., Subedi, I.P., Yasin, E., Yode, C. and He, H. 2022. Variation in the rates of biomass removal by soil macro-fauna in different land uses at Rashad, South Kordofan, Sudan. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”, 65(2), 173–197. https://zenodo.org/10.3897/travaux.65.e95270
• Subedi, I.P. 2022. Generic and species richness of ant fauna in different provinces of Nepal (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Nepalese Journal of Zoology, 6(S1), 50–55. https://doi.org/10.3126/njz.v6iS1.50532
• Dhakal, S., Budhathoki, N. and Subedi, I.P. 2022. Community composition of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) along elevational gradients in Phulchowki Hill, Lalitpur, Nepal. Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: Part B (Life and Environmental Sciences), 59(2), 49–64. https://doi.org/10.53560/PPASB(59-2)712
• Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B., Yusupov, Z.M. and Bharti, H. 2022. Myrmicine ants of Nepal with six new records and updated species list (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Nepalese Journal of Zoology, 6(1), 10-19. https://doi.org/10.3126/njz.v6i1.46749
• Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B. and Thapa, V.K. 2022. Ant genus Tetraponera Smith, 1852 in Nepal, with two new records and keys to workers (Formicidae: Psueudomyrmecinae). Journal of Institute of Science and Technology, 27(1), 93-99. https://doi.org/10.3126/jist.v27i1.46661
• Eisawi, K., Subedi, I.P., Yode, C.D. and He, H. 2022. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) increase predation of Belenois solilucis (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) eggs in organic agriculture production systems: a multiple-site field study at Rashad, Sudan. Sociobiology, 69(2), e7746-e7746. http://dx.doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v69i2.7746
• Eisawi, K.A., Subedi, I.P., Shaheen, T. and He, H. 2022. Impact of land-use changes on ant communities and the retention of ecosystem services in Rashad District, Southern Kordofan, Sudan. South African Journal of Science, 118(3-4), 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2022/11994
• Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B. and Yamane, S. 2022. Ants of the genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Ponerinae) from Nepal. Far Eastern Entomologist, 11(448), 11-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.448.2
• Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L., and Yamane, S. 2021. First Record of the Ant Subgenus Orthonotomyrmex of the Genus Camponotus from Nepal (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoodiversity, 55(4), 279-284. https://doi.org/10.15407/zoo2021.04.279
• Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B., Kunwar, R.M., Charmakar, S., Ulak, S., Pradhan, D.K., Pokharel, Y.P., Velayudhan, S.T., Sathyapala, S., and Animon, I. 2021. Diversity and Distribution of Forest Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Nepal: Implications for Sustainable Forest Management. Insects, 12(12), 1128. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12121128
• Subedi, I.P., Bharti, H., Budha, P.B., and Alonso, L.E. 2021. First record of two Doryline ant genera Cerapachys Smith, 1857 and Parasyscia Emery, 1882 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Nepal. Halteres, 12, 15-21. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.537207
• Subedi, I.P. 2021. New record of the Ponerine ant Buniapone amblyops (Emery, 1887) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Nepal. Nepalese Journal of Zoology, 5(2), 62-67. https://doi.org/10.3126/njz.v5i2.42034
• Subedi, I.P. 2020. Scientific Uncertainty and Biodiversity Inventory. Nepal Journal of Science and Technology, 19(2), 116-119. https://doi.org/10.3126/njst.v20i1.39435
• Subedi, I.P., and Budha, P.B. 2020. Status of Ant Research and Species First Described from Nepal with New Distribution Records. Journal of Natural History Museum, 31, 57-78. https://doi.org/10.3126/jnhm.v31i1.39374
• Adhikari, T.R., Shakya, S.R., Adhikari, S., and Subedi, I.P. 2020. Diversity of Ground-Dwelling Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Phulchowki Hill, Lalitpur, Nepal. Tribhuvan University Journal, 35(1), 11-20. https://doi.org/10.3126/tuj.v35i1.35829
• Subedi, I.P. and Budha, P.B. 2020. Diversity and distribution patterns of ants along elevational gradients. Nepalese Journal of Zoology, 4(1): 44-49. https://doi.org/10.3126/njz.v4i1.30672
• Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B., Bharti, H. and Alonso, L. 2020. An updated checklist of Nepalese ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys, 100699-136. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1006.58808
• Subedi, N. and Subedi, I.P. 2019. Pollinator Insects and their Impact on Crop Yield of Mustard in Kusma, Parbat, Nepal. Journal of Institute of Science and Technology, 24(2): 68-75. https://doi.org/10.3126/jist.v24i2.27259