Carebara are mostly small ants (5 millimeters and smaller), some with very large gyne. While previously this genus consist of mostly ants with monomorphic workers, the merging (or rather absorbing into) of this genus with Oligomyrmex and Pheidologeton has render this to be no longer true.
I have maintained Carebara as those species that are monomorphic, Oligomyrmex as those that are dimorphic and Pheidologeton as those that exhibit a wide range of polymorphism.
I have maintained Carebara as those species that are monomorphic, Oligomyrmex as those that are dimorphic and Pheidologeton as those that exhibit a wide range of polymorphism.
Worker of Carebara sp.
Workers of Carebara sp.
Carebara Sp2
See also:
Oligomyrmex (Carebara)
Taxonomy:
Top Node: cellular organisms 131567
SuperKingdom: Eukaryota 2759
No Rank: Opisthokonta 33154
Subfamily - Myrmicinae 34685
Kingdom: Metazoa 33208
No Rank: Eumetazoa 6072
No Rank: Bilateria 33213
No Rank: Coelomata 33316
No Rank: Protostomia 33317
No Rank: Panarthropoda 88770
No Rank: Pancrustacea 197562
Phylum: Arthropoda 6656
No Rank: Mandibulata 197563No Rank: Pancrustacea 197562
Superclass: Hexapoda 6960
Class: Insecta 50557
No Rank: Dicondylia 85512
No Rank: Pterygota 7496
Subclass: Neoptera 33340
Infraclass: Endopterygota 33392
Order: Hymenoptera 7399
No Rank: Apocrita 7400
Suborder: Aculeata 7434
Superfamily: Vespoidea 34725
Family: Formicidae 36668
Tribe: Pheidologetonini 144016
Genus: Carebara 369107 / Oligomyrmex 369190
Last Updated: 2016 07 10
First Posted: 2014 03 27
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First Posted: 2014 03 27
I have caught a couple of queens from this ant genus. However, I am not sure on how I should raise them. There is very little information about them.
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