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| Carebara nana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. nana |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara nana (Roger, 1863) | |
Carebara nana is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae, first described in 1863 by Julius Roger as Pheidologeton nanus. [1] It is found in Sri Lanka.
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