Chathurika Ruchirani Henpita

PUBLICATIONS

Dias RKS, Ruchirani HPGRC, Kosgamage KRKA  and Peiris HAWS, 2013, Frequency of nest occurrence and the nest density of Aneuretus simoni Emery (Sri Lankan Relict Ant) and other ant fauna in “Kirikanda” Forest in Kalutara district, Sri Lanka, Asian Myrmecology, vol.5:59-64 pp

 

Amarasinghe LD, Ganehiarachchi GASM, Ruchirani Chathurika and Thilina Weerasinghe, 2012. Phytoplankton and Zooplankton community and aspects of food of two fish species in two streams and two lakes in presence and absence of Anophelese mosquito larvae in Mahaoya, Sri Lanka. 13th Annual Research Symposium, University of Kelaniya.

 

Dias RKS, Pieris HAWS and , 2011, Short Communication of the Discovery of in Kalutara District and in Anuradhapura District, Journal of Asian Myrmecology, vol.4:99-102 pp

 

ORAL PRESENTATION

 

Ruchirani HPGRC and Dias RKS, 2011, Food habits and soil temperature tolerance range of Aneuretus simoni Emery (Sri Lankan Relict Ant) and its behavioral interactions with three insect species, 67th Annual Session of SLAAS (abstract)

 

DOCUMENTRY

 

In 2010, a documentary about the discovery of new habitat of Aneuretus sinomi by a national television channel (Sirasa TV) in Sri Lanka. (With the media group from the channel, I was able to record Sri Lankan Relict Ant’s nesting behavior in their natural habitat for the first time in Sri Lanka)