Carebara alpha

Heterick & Kitching (2022) collected this species in a pitfall trap within a lowland dipterocarp forest in Brunei.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia.

Nomenclature

 * . Oligomyrmex alpha Forel, 1905c: 21 (w.) INDONESIA (Java).
 * Type-material: holotype (?) minor worker.
 * [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Java, Tjompea, 11.iii.1904 (K. Kraepelin).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * [Note: Forel, 1905c: 22, was undecided whether his taxa O. alpha and O. beta were separate species, or the minor and major workers of a single species.]
 * Combination in O. (Oligomyrmex): Emery, 1924d: 217;
 * combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
 * Status as species: Forel, 1911b: 201; Emery, 1924d: 217; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 156; Ettershank, 1966: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 298.
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Java).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.