Carebara overbecki

Carebara overbecki
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Carebara
Species:	C. overbecki
Binomial name
Carebara overbecki (Viehmeyer, 1916) Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 1.310278° to 1.310278°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Singapore (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Biology

Life History Traits

• Mean colony size: 400 (Moffet, 1986b; Beckers et al., 1989)
• Foraging behaviour: trunk trail (Moffet, 1986b; Beckers et al., 1989)

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• overbecki. Oligomyrmex overbecki Viehmeyer, 1916a: 136, fig. 5 (s.w.m.) SINGAPORE.
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Singapore: 14 : 113 (no further data), (xi.1912-vi.1914) (H. Overbeck).
  • Type-depository: MNHU (perhaps also SMTD).
  • Combination in O. (Oligomyrmex): Emery, 1924d: 218;
  • combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1924d: 218; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 157; Ettershank, 1966: 124; Moffett, 1986d: 107; Bolton, 1995b: 300; Wang, W.Y., Soh, et al. 2022: 72.
  • Distribution: Singapore.

References

• Beckers R., Goss, S., Deneubourg, J.L., Pasteels, J.M. 1989. Colony size, communication and ant foraging Strategy. Psyche 96: 239-256 (doi:10.1155/1989/94279).
• Fernández, F. 2004a. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymentoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia 26(1): 191-238 (page 235, Combination in Carebara)
• Moffett, M.W. 1986d. Notes on the behavior of the dimorphic ant Oligomyrmex overbecki. Psyche 93: 107-116. [10.x.1986.] (page 107, see also)
• Viehmeyer, H. 1916a [1915]. Ameisen von Singapore. Beobachtet und gesammelt von H. Overbeck. Arch. Naturgesch. (A) 81(8): 108-168 (page 136, soldier, worker, male described)
• Wang, W.Y., Soh, E.J.Y., Yong, G.W.J., Wong, M.K.L., Benoit Guénard, Economo, E.P., Yamane, S. 2022. Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy. Asian Myrmecology 15: e015006 (doi:10.20362/am.015006).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.