Carebara quratulain

The type locality of this species is a low-land evergreen forest area, located between the branches of Periyar River. The region is considered as the richest bird habitat in peninsular India. The annual rainfall recorded here is round 3000mm which supports extensive plantations of teak, rosewood, mahagony and other wide variety of flowers and trees. The specimens were collected from a leaf litter sample taken from the forest floor near a teak tree. This subterranean species seems to be of rare occurrence as it was encountered only once during the extensive surveys in the region.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India.

Nomenclature

 *  quratulain. Carebara quratulain Akbar & Bharti, 2017: 41, figs. 17-19 (s.w.) INDIA.