Carebara raja

This species has been observed in rotten woods with sufficient moisture level in pine forest areas of Himalayan Foothills of district Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Worker caste was absent (Rasheed et al., 2020).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Pakistan.

Nomenclature

 * . Oligomyrmex raja Forel, 1902c: 216 (q.) INDIA (no state data).
 * Type-material: syntype queens (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: India: “Provinces of NW India” (Smythies).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Combination in O. (Oligomyrmex): Emery, 1924d: 218;
 * combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
 * Status as species: Forel, 1903a: 690; Bingham, 1903: 154; Forel, 1906b: 89; Emery, 1924d: 218; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 157; Ettershank, 1966: 124; Bolton, 1995b: 300; Bharti & Kumar, 2013b: 64 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 35.
 * Distribution: India, Myanmar.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bharti H. 2011. List of Indian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Halteres 3: 79-87.
 * Forel A. 1902. Myrmicinae nouveaux de l'Inde et de Ceylan. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 165-249.
 * Forel A. 1903. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part X. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 14: 679-715.
 * Forel A. 1906. Les fourmis de l'Himalaya. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 42: 79-94.