In India, the genus was so far represented by two species, with nine and eleven-segmented antennae, respectively. Jan 26, 2021 13:35:31 IST In India, the genus was so far represented by two species with nine and 11-segmented antennae respectively. Two new species of a rare ant genus have been discovered in Kerala and Tamil Nadu by a team of scientists, the Department of Science and Technology said on Saturday. The team was led by Himender Bharti of Punjabi University in Patiala. One of the two species found in the Periyar Tiger Reserve of Kerala has been named Ooceraea Joshii in honour of professor Amitabh Joshi – a distinguished evolutionary biologist from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), a DST institute.