Carebara audita

The type material was collected from a forest litter sample.

Identification
Fernández (2004) - Readily recognized by the concavity between the clypeal carinae, two hairs in the head and petiolar peduncle larger than other species in the group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia.

Nomenclature

 *  audita. Carebara audita Fernández, 2004a: 230, figs. 8A-C, 12 (w.) COLOMBIA.

Worker
Holotype (Paratypes n=2): HW 0.28 (0.29–0.31); HL 0.35 (0.35-0.36); SL 0.20 (0.18); PW 0.19 (0.21); WL 0.28 (0.29-0.30); GL 0.33 (0.32-0.38); TL 1.16 (1.20-1.30); CI 80 (83-86); SI 71 (61-62).

As Carebara inca with the following differences:

A longitudinal and less narrow stripe, subopaque. Anterior margin of clypeus clearly concave between the carinae. Eyes reduced to 4 ommatidia. Lamellar metapleural lobe wide; petiolar peduncle longer; dorsum of head densely sculptured with very small, shallow foveolate punctures, broadly separated; dorsum of promesonotum with dense and strong reticulation, including propodeal slope. Scapes, dorsum of head, promesonotum and legs with appressed to feebly curved pubescence, denser on head. Body nearly naked of long hairs, with only a few (about 0.05 mm) distributed as follows: six in the clypeal area; two on each frontal lobe; two on head dorsum, each near the occipital corner, about 12 on promesonotum, two dorsal on the propodeum, none on legs; two on petiole, about six on the postpetiole, few on first tergal dorsum. Body yellowish brown, gaster darker.

Type Material
Holotype worker. COLOMBIA. Nariño: Orito, Kofán Territory, 700 m, 20 Sep 1998, Winkler trap in forest litter, E. L. González, leg., deposited in. Paratypes. 4 workers, same data as type,, IAvH, and.

Etymology
Named in honor of my partner, Claudia Martínez for her love, friendship, patience and many hours of company in the long hours of taxonomic work.