author(s)
Ngangom Uma Devi and NG Kumar

abstract
Studies on relative abundance and occurrence of ants species in maize cropping system was carried out at the Zonal Agriculture Research Station, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, during kharif season of 2012. In the experimental plots, ants belonging to six genera and six species were collected using pit fall traps. These ants species were belong to three sub families viz., Formicinae, Myrmicinae and Ponerinae. Highest ant population was recorded in T1 (96.13%) and lowest in T3 (84.06%) plot. However, Ants species such as Camponotus compressus Fabricius, Pheidole sp., Solenopsis geminata and Leptogenys chinensis were active throughout cropping season.