Matsuura K., Hosoishi S., Sokh H.

A remarkable new species from the pygmaea species group of the genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Cambodia

Number: 496, Pages: 1 - 9

A new species Carebara bokorensis Matsuura et Hosoishi, sp. n. is described from Kampot Province in Cambodia based on the major and minor worker caste. This new species belongs to the pygmaea species group. This species is distinguished from congeners by the transverse striation on the vertex in major workers and presence of well-developed subpetiolar process in minor workers.

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