Abstract

FERNANDEZ, FERNANDO. A new species of Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and taxonomic notes on the genus . Rev. Colomb. Entomol. [online]. 2006, vol.32, n.1, pp.97-99. ISSN 0120-0488.

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.

Keywords : Carebara coqueta ; new species; Neotropics; taxonomic notes.

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