''Carebara'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of ...
s in the
subfamily Myrmicinae. It is one of the largest myrmicine genera with more than 200 species distributed worldwide in the
tropics
The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in
the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referr ...
and the
Afrotropical region. Many of them are very tiny cryptic soil and
leaf litter
Plant litter (also leaf litter, tree litter, soil litter, litterfall or duff) is dead plant material (such as leaves, bark, needles, twigs, and cladodes) that have fallen to the ground. This detritus or dead organic material and its constituent ...
inhabitants. They nest in rotten wood to which the bark is still adherent in the Afrotropical region, or may be lestobiotic nesting near other ant species. Some species are known to exist parasitically within termite nests. Little is known about the biology of the species. However, they are notable for the vast difference in size between queens and workers.
Species
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Carebara aborensis
''Carebara'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is one of the largest myrmicine genera with more than 200 species distributed worldwide in the tropics and the Afrotropical region. Many of them are very tiny cryptic soil and lea ...
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(Wheeler, 1913)
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Carebara abuhurayri
''Carebara'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is one of the largest myrmicine genera with more than 200 species distributed worldwide in the tropics and the Afrotropical region. Many of them are very tiny cryptic soil and lea ...
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Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011
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Carebara acuta
''Carebara'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is one of the largest myrmicine genera with more than 200 species distributed worldwide in the tropics and the Afrotropical region. Many of them are very tiny cryptic soil and lea ...
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(Weber, 1952)
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Carebara acutispina
''Carebara'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is one of the largest myrmicine genera with more than 200 species distributed worldwide in the tropics and the Afrotropical region. Many of them are very tiny cryptic soil and lea ...
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(Xu, 2003)
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Carebara affinis
''Carebara'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is one of the largest myrmicine genera with more than 200 species distributed worldwide in the tropics and the Afrotropical region. Many of them are very tiny cryptic soil and lea ...
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(Jerdon, 1851)
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Carebara afghana
''Carebara'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is one of the largest myrmicine genera with more than 200 species distributed worldwide in the tropics and the Afrotropical region. Many of them are very tiny cryptic soil and lea ...
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(Pisarski, 1970)
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Carebara africana''
(Forel, 1910)
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Carebara alluaudi''
(Santschi, 1913)
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Carebara alperti
''Carebara'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is one of the largest myrmicine genera with more than 200 species distributed worldwide in the tropics and the Afrotropical region. Many of them are very tiny cryptic soil and lea ...
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Fernández, 2010
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Carebara alpha
''Carebara'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is one of the largest myrmicine genera with more than 200 species distributed worldwide in the tropics and the Afrotropical region. Many of them are very tiny cryptic soil and lea ...
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(Forel, 1905)
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Carebara altinoda
''Carebara'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is one of the largest myrmicine genera with more than 200 species distributed worldwide in the tropics and the Afrotropical region. Many of them are very tiny cryptic soil and lea ...
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(Xu, 2003)
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Carebara amia''
(Forel, 1913)
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Carebara ampla''
Santschi, 1912
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Carebara angolensis''
(Santschi, 1914)
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Carebara angulata''
Fernández, 2004
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Carebara anophthalma''
(Emery, 1906)
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Carebara antiqua''
(Mayr, 1868)
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Carebara arabara''
Fernández, 2010
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Carebara arabica''
(Collingwood & Van Harten, 2001)
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Carebara armata''
(Donisthorpe, 1948)
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Carebara arnoldi''
(Forel, 1913)
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Carebara arnoldiella''
(Santschi, 1919)
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Carebara asina''
(Forel, 1902)
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Carebara atoma''
(Emery, 1900)
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Carebara audita''
Fernández, 2004
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Carebara bartrumi''
Weber, 1943
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Carebara bengalensis''
(Forel, 1902)
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Carebara beta''
(Forel, 1905)
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Carebara bicarinata''
Santschi, 1912
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Carebara bihornata''
(Xu, 2003)
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Carebara bohemica''
(Novák, 1877)
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Carebara borealis''
(Terayama, 1996)
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Carebara bouvardi''
(Santschi, 1913)
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Carebara brasiliana''
Fernández, 2004
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Carebara brevipilosa''
Fernández, 2004
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Carebara bruchi''
(Santschi, 1933)
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Carebara bruni''
(Forel, 1913)
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Carebara butteli''
(Forel, 1913)
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Carebara capreola''
(Wheeler, 1927)
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Carebara carinata''
Bharti & Kumar, 2013
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Carebara castanea''
Smith, 1858
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Carebara coeca''
Fernández, 2004
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Carebara concinna''
(Mayr, 1867)
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Carebara convexa''
(Weber, 1950)
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Carebara coqueta''
Fernández, 2006
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Carebara cornigera''
(Forel, 1902)
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Carebara crassiuscula''
(Emery, 1900)
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Carebara cribriceps''
(Wheeler, 1927)
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Carebara crigensis''
(Belshaw & Bolton, 1994)
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Carebara curvispina''
(Xu, 2003)
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Carebara debilis''
(Santschi, 1913)
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Carebara dentata''
Bharti & Kumar, 2013
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Carebara deponens''
(Walker, 1859)
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Carebara diabola''
(Santschi, 1913)
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Carebara diabolica''
(Baroni Urbani, 1969)
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Carebara distincta''
(Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)
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Carebara diversa''
(Jerdon, 1851)
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Carebara donisthorpei''
(Weber, 1950)
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Carebara elmenteitae''
(Patrizi, 1948)
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Carebara elongata''
Fernández, 2004
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Carebara erythraea''
(Emery, 1915)
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Carebara escherichi''
(Forel, 1911)
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Carebara fayrouzae''
Sharaf, 2013
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Carebara frontalis''
(Weber, 1950)
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Carebara globularia''
Fernández, 2004
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Carebara grandidieri''
(Forel, 1891)
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Carebara guineana''
Fernández, 2006
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Carebara hannya''
(Terayama, 1996)
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Carebara hornata''
Bharti & Kumar, 2013
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Carebara hunanensis''
(Wu & Wang, 1995)
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Carebara inca''
Fernández, 2004
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Carebara incerta''
(Santschi, 1919)
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Carebara incierta''
Fernández, 2004
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Carebara infima''
(Santschi, 1913)
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Carebara intermedia''
Fernández, 2004
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Carebara jacobsoni''
(Forel, 1911)
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Carebara jeanneli''
(Santschi, 1913)
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Carebara jiangxiensis''
(Wu & Wang, 1995)
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Carebara junodi''
Forel, 1904
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Carebara khamiensis''
(Arnold, 1952)
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Carebara kofana''
Fernández, 2004
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Carebara lamellifrons''
(Forel, 1902)
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Carebara langi''
Wheeler, 1922
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Carebara latro''
(Santschi, 1937)
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Carebara leei''
(Forel, 1902)
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Carebara lignata''
Westwood, 1840
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Carebara longiceps''
(Santschi, 1929)
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Carebara longii''
(Wheeler, 1903)
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Carebara lucida''
(Santschi, 1917)
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Carebara lusciosa''
(Wheeler, 1928)
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Carebara majeri''
Fernández, 2004
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Carebara manni''
(Donisthorpe, 1941)
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Carebara mayri''
(Forel, 1901)
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Carebara menozzii''
(Ettershank, 1966)
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Carebara minima''
(Emery, 1900)
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Carebara minuta''
Fernández, 2004
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Carebara mjobergi''
(Forel, 1915)
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Carebara nana''
(Santschi, 1919)
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Carebara nayana''
(Sheela & Narendran, 1997)
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Carebara nitida''
(Dlussky & Perkovsky, 2002)
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Carebara norfolkensis''
(Donisthorpe, 1941)
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Carebara nosindambo''
(Forel, 1891)
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Carebara nuda''
Fernández, 2004
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Carebara obtusidenta''
(Xu, 2003)
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Carebara octata''
(Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)
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Carebara oertzeni''
(Forel, 1886)
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Carebara oni''
(Terayama, 1996)
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Carebara osborni''
Wheeler, 1922
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Carebara overbecki''
(Viehmeyer, 1916)
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Carebara paeta''
(Santschi, 1937)
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Carebara panamensis''
(Wheeler, 1925)
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Carebara patrizii''
Menozzi, 1927
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Carebara paya''
Fernández, 2004
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Carebara perpusilla''
(Emery, 1895)
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Carebara peruviana''
(Emery, 1906)
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Carebara petulca''
(Wheeler, 1922)
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Carebara pilosa''
Fernández, 2004
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Carebara pisinna''
(Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)
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Carebara polita''
(Santschi, 1914)
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Carebara polyphemus''
(Wheeler, 1928)
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Carebara propomegata''
Bharti & Kumar, 2013
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Carebara pseudolusciosa''
(Wu & Wang, 1995)
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Carebara punctata''
(Karavaiev, 1931)
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Carebara qianliyan''
Terayama, 2009
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Carebara raja''
(Forel, 1902)
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Carebara rara''
(Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)
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Carebara rectangulata''
Bharti & Kumar, 2013
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Carebara rectidorsa''
(Xu, 2003)
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Carebara reina''
Fernández, 2004
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Carebara reticapita''
(Xu, 2003)
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Carebara reticulata''
Fernández, 2004
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Carebara robertsoni''
(Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)
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Carebara rothneyi''
(Forel, 1902)
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Carebara rugata''
(Forel, 1913)
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Carebara sakamotoi''
Terayama, Lin & Eguchi, 2012
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Carebara sangi''
(Eguchi & Bui, 2007)
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Carebara santschii''
(Weber, 1943)
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Carebara sarasinorum''
(Emery, 1901)
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Carebara sarita''
(Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)
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Carebara satana''
(Karavaiev, 1935)
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Carebara sauteri''
(Forel, 1912)
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Carebara semilaevis''
(Mayr, 1901)
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Carebara sicheli''
Mayr, 1862
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Carebara silvestrii''
(Santschi, 1914)
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Carebara simalurensis''
(Forel, 1915)
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Carebara similis''
(Mayr, 1862)
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Carebara sinhala''
Fischer, Azorsa & Fisher, 2014
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Carebara sodalis''
(Emery, 1914)
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Carebara sophiae''
(Emery, 1891)
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Carebara spinata''
Bharti & Kumar, 2013
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Carebara stenoptera''
(Kusnezov, 1952)
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Carebara striata''
(Xu, 2003)
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Carebara sublatro''
(Forel, 1913)
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Carebara subreptor''
(Emery, 1900)
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Carebara sudanensis''
(Weber, 1943)
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Carebara sudanica''
Santschi, 1933
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Carebara sundaica''
(Forel, 1913)
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Carebara tahitiensis
''Carebara'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is one of the largest myrmicine genera with more than 200 species distributed worldwide in the tropics and the Afrotropical region. Many of them are very tiny cryptic soil and leaf l ...
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(Wheeler, 1936)
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Carebara taiponica''
(Wheeler, 1928)
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Carebara taprobanae''
(Forel, 1911)
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Carebara tenua''
Fernández, 2004
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Carebara termitolestes''
(Wheeler, 1918)
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Carebara thoracica''
(Weber, 1950)
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Carebara thorali''
(Théobald, 1937)
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Carebara traegaordhi''
(Santschi, 1914)
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Carebara ucrainica''
(Dlussky & Perkovsky, 2002)
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Carebara ugandana''
(Santschi, 1923)
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Carebara urichi''
(Wheeler, 1922)
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Carebara vidua''
Smith, 1858
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Carebara viehmeyeri''
(Mann, 1919)
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Carebara villiersi''
(Bernard, 1953)
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Carebara voeltzkowi''
(Forel, 1907)
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Carebara vorax''
(Santschi, 1914)
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Carebara weyeri''
(Karavaiev, 1930)
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Carebara wheeleri''
(Ettershank, 1966)
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Carebara wroughtonii''
(Forel, 1902)
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Carebara yamatonis''
(Terayama, 1996)
References
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Myrmicinae
Ant genera