Carebara majeri

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Fernández (2004) - A member of the Carebara escherichi species complex. This species is easily separated from any other by the poor number of long hairs, with only a very few on the body and none in promesonotum.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil.

Nomenclature

 * . Carebara majeri Fernández, 2004a: 231 (w.) BRAZIL (Pará).

Worker
Holotype: HW 0.30; HL 0.34; SL 0.18; PW 0.21; WL 0.34; GL 0.32; TL 1.21; CI 90; SI 60.

As Carebara inca with the following differences:

A longitudinal and less narrow stripe, feebly smooth and shining. Eyes reduced to 4 ommatidia; lamellae of metapleural lobes low, short; dorsum of head densely sculptured with very small, shallow foveolate punctures, broadly separated; dorsum of promesonotum strigulate punctate, with feebly longitudinal strigulation, sloping face of propodeum densely reticulated. 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: four in the clypeal area; none on promesonotum, two on propodeum, none on legs; two on petiole, two on the postpetiole, two on first tergal dorsum. Body dark brown, appendages lighter.

Type Material
Holotype worker. BRAZIL. Pará: Trombetas, 1 ago 1992, J.D. Majer No. 1408, deposited in CEPLAC (No. 4552).

Etymology
This species is named in honor of Dr. Jonathan D. Majer, collector of the type and Australian myrmecologist.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Fernández F. 2004. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia 26: 191-238.