''Overbeckia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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 22 ...
s in the
subfamily
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Formicinae
The Formicinae are a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary development.
Formicines retain some primitive features, such as the presence of cocoons around pupae, the presence of ocelli in workers, and little ...
originally containing only the
single species ''Overbeckia subclavata''.
Although the genus has been known over 100 years only from
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
, where its nests were found in hollow branches of bamboo and other plants,
a revision study by Klimes and coll. in 2022
showed that these ants occur across tropical SA Asia to Australasia and re-described the genus, ''Overbeckia subclavata''.
and described two new species, ''Overbeckia jambiensis'', and ''Overbeckia papuana
'' . The study also showed that more recent findings of ''Overbeckia'' in Australia
are likely ''O. papuana,'' based on morphology.
Species
*''
Overbeckia subclavata''
*Overbeckia jambiensis
*Overbeckia papuana
References
External links
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Formicinae
Monotypic ant genera
Hymenoptera of Asia
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