A new species of Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and taxonomic notes on the genus

https://doi.org/10.25100/socolen.v32i1.9372
Carebara coqueta New species Neotropics Taxonomic notes

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Published: Jan 15, 2006
Issue: Vol. 32 No. 1 (2006)
Section Agriculture / Research paper

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FERNANDO FERNÁNDEZ Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales
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A new ant species, Carebara coqueta sp.nov. from Colombia, is described, based on the soldier and worker castes. Carebara semistriata Fernández is considered a junior synonym of Carebara reina Fernández (syn. n.). Carebara guineana is proposed as a new name for Oligomyrmex silvestrii Santschi, 1914.

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FERNÁNDEZ, F. (2006). A new species of Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and taxonomic notes on the genus. Revista Colombiana De Entomología, 32(1), 97–99. https://doi.org/10.25100/socolen.v32i1.9372
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