Carebara castanea

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Laos, Thailand. Palaearctic Region: China.

Biology
Nests are complex underground constructions. Colonies consist of tens of thousands of workers, with a single queen.



Castes
Workers are monomorphic in size. Soldiers are absent in this species.



Nomenclature

 * . Carebara castanea Smith, F. 1858b: 178 (q.) CHINA (Hong Kong).
 * Type-material: holotype queen.
 * Type-locality: China: Hong Kong (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1862: 755; Mayr, 1863: 402; Roger, 1863b: 32; Mayr, 1865: 108; Smith, F. 1871a: 334; Dalla Torre, 1893: 74; Santschi, 1920h: 162; Emery, 1924d: 220; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 155; Ettershank, 1966: 127; Bolton, 1995b: 133; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 16; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 41; Jaitrong, Guénard, et al. 2016: 34.
 * Distribution: China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus augustata.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
 * Jaitrong W., B. Guenard, E. P. Economo, N. Buddhakala, and S. Yamane. 2016. A checklist of known ant species of Laos (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Asian Myrmecology 8: 1-32. DOI: 10.20362/am.008019
 * Kubota M. 1994. Carebara queens, as friend dish in nothern Thailand. Ari 17: 18.
 * Ogata K. 2005. Asian ant inventory and international networks. Report on Insect inventory Project in Tropic Asia TAIIV: 145-170.
 * Sakchoowong W., W. Jaitrong, and K. Ogata. 2009. Comparison of ground-ant diversity between natural forests and disturbed forests along a natural gas pipeline transect in Thong Pha Phum National Park, Kanchanaburi province. Kasetsart J. (Nat. Sci) 43: 64-73.
 * Santschi F. 1920. Fourmis d'Indo-Chine. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 60: 158-176.
 * Santschi F. 1924. Fourmis d'Indochine. Opuscules de l'Institut Scientifique de l'Indochine 3: 95-117
 * Xu Z. 1999. Systematic studies on the ant genera of Carebara, Rhopalomastix and Kartidris in China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Acta Biologica Plateau Sinica 14: 129-136