NEW ADDITIONS TO ANT GENUS CAREBARA WESTWOOD (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE: MYRMICINAE) FROM INDIA

Bharti, Himender and Akbar, Shahid Ali (2014) NEW ADDITIONS TO ANT GENUS CAREBARA WESTWOOD (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE: MYRMICINAE) FROM INDIA. ACTA ZOOLOGICA HUNGARICA, 60 (4). pp. 313-324. ISSN 0236-7130

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Abstract

Twenty species of ant genus Carebara Westwood are recognized from India including two species described as new and one representing new record to India. The 20 Indian species are: C . aborensis (Wheeler, 1913), C. asina (Forel, 1902), C. bengalensis (Forel, 1902), C. carinata Bharti et Kumar (2013), C. dentata Bharti et Kumar (2013), C. hornata Bharti et Kumar (2013), C. lamellifrons (Forel, 1902), C. leei (Forel, 1902), C. lignata (Westwood, 1840), C. mukkaliensis sp. n., C. nayana (Sheela et Narendran, 1997), C. obtusidenta (Xu, 2003), C. propomegata Bharti et Kumar (2013), C. raja (Forel, 1902), C. rectangulata Bharti et Kumar (2013), C. rothneyi Forel, 1902), C. similis (Mayr, 1862), C. spinata Bharti et Kumar (2013), C. terayamai sp. n., C. wroughtonii (Forel, 1902). Key to the major workers of the Indian species is provided.

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