| Overbeckia | |
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| Overbeckia subclavata worker | |
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| Genus: | Overbeckia Viehmeyer, 1916 |
| Species: | O. subclavata |
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| Overbeckia subclavata Viehmeyer, 1916 | |
Overbeckia is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae originally containing only the single species Overbeckia subclavata. [1] Although the genus has been known over 100 years only from Singapore, where its nests were found in hollow branches of bamboo and other plants, [2] a revision study by Klimes and coll. in 2022 [3] showed that these ants occur across tropical SA Asia to Australasia and re-described the genus, Overbeckia subclavata. [1] and described two new species, Overbeckia jambiensis, and Overbeckia papuana. [3] The study also showed that more recent findings of Overbeckia in Australia [4] are likely O. papuana, based on morphology.
