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| genus = Paraparatrechina <br />
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'''''Paraparatrechina neela''''' is a [[species]] of small [[ant]]s in the [[subfamily]] [[Formicinae]] and the [[genus]] ''[[Paraparatrechina]]''. Discovered in 2024, it is only known from [[India]]. It is a small ant, having a total body length of less than {{cvt|2|mm}}. Its body is predominantly metallic blue in color, except for the antennae, mandibles, eyes, and legs. Consequently, it is known as the blue ant.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sci.news/biology/paraparatrechina-neela-12997.html | title=Entomologists Discover Metallic-Blue Colored Ant Species in India |website=Sci.News |first1= Natali |last1=Anderson |date=6 June 2024 |access-date=10 June 2024}}</ref><br />
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''P. neela'' worker ant specimens were collected from a secondary forest at an elevation of {{cvt|803|m}} in Yingku village, [[East Siang district|East Siang District]] of [[Arunachal Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Ramakrishnaiah |last1=Sahanashree |first2=Aswaj |last2=Punnath |first3=Dharma Rajan |last3=Priyadarsanan |year=2024 |title=A remarkable new species of ''Paraparatrechina'' Donisthorpe (1947) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae) from the Eastern Himalayas, India |journal=ZooKeys |issue=1203 |pages=159–172 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.1203.114168|doi-access=free |pmid=38855795 |pmc=11161688 |bibcode=2024ZooK.1203..159S }}</ref><br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The specific epithet of the species, ''neela'' is a noun in apposition, signifying the color blue in most Indian languages. It is used to describe the unique blue or sapphire color of this species.<br />
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In India only one species of the genus ''Paraparatrechina'' is reported. The earlier species reported in India is ''P. aseta'' which was recorded in the year 1902.<ref>Forel A (1902) Variétés myrmécologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 46: 284–296.</ref><br />
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