| Carebara vidua | |
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| Carebara vidua, wingless queen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. vidua |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara vidua Smith, 1858 | |
Carebara vidua is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. [1] It is currently listed as endangered because it is overly consumed for protein and used for medicine. [2]
Myrmicinae is a subfamily of ants, with about 140 extant genera; their distribution is cosmopolitan. The pupae lack cocoons. Some species retain a functional sting. The petioles of Myrmicinae consist of two nodes. The nests are permanent and in soil, rotting wood, under stones, or in trees.
Harvester ant, also known as harvesting ant, is a common name for any of the species or genera of ants that collect seeds, or mushrooms as in the case of Euprenolepis procera, which are stored in the nest in communal chambers called granaries. They are also referred to as agricultural ants. Seed harvesting by some desert ants is an adaptation to the lack of typical ant resources such as prey or honeydew from hemipterans. Harvester ants increase seed dispersal and protection, and provide nutrients that increase seedling survival of the desert plants. In addition, ants provide soil aeration through the creation of galleries and chambers, mix deep and upper layers of soil, and incorporate organic refuse into the soil.
Phragmosis is any method by which an animal defends itself in its burrow, by using its own body as a barrier. This term was originally coined by W.M. Wheeler (1927), while describing the defensive technique exhibited by insects. Wheeler observed the positioning of specially modified body structures to block nest entrances, as exhibited in various insect species. The term phragmosis has since been further extended beyond just insects.
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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-litter 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 genus, but they are notable for the vast difference in size between queens and workers.
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Carebara escherichi is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Carebara bruni is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is found in Sri Lanka and China.
Carebara ceylonensis is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Carebara deponens is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Carebara nana is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae, first described in 1863 by Julius Roger as Pheidologeton nanus. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Carebara pygmaea is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae. It is found in Sri Lanka, Borneo, Indonesia, Philippines.
Carebara sinhala is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Carebara armata is a species of ant from the subfamily Myrmicinae. The scientific name of this species was first published in 1948 by Horace Donisthorpe.
Carebara castanea is a species of ant from the Myrmicinae subfamily. The scientific name of this species was first published in 1858 by Smith. It is found in Thailand, Laos, and China.
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