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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)

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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Americas: Brazil, Costa Rica, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Neotropical

Distribution Notes:

Peru (type loc.), Costa Rica. Costa Rica: Atlantic and Pacific slopes.

Biology:

Natural History:

This is an extremely tiny ant. I know the species from two collections:

Costa Rica, Prov. Puntarenas, Osa Peninsula, Ranch Quemado: ex sifted leaf litter from wet forest floor (Winkler sample).

Costa Rica, Prov. Heredia, 17km N Vol. Barba, 800m (Barva Transect): ex sifted leaf litter from wet forest floor (Winkler sample).

Notes:

Fern‡ndez described this species from one collection from Peru. This species matches the description and keys to C. inca, although it is difficult to distinguish his C. inca and C. paya (a related species from Colombia).

References:

Fern‡ndez C., F. 2004. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia 26:191-238.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 43 times found in tropical wet forest, 34 times found in mature wet forest, 4 times found in 2º lowland rainforest, 7 times found in montane wet forest, 4 times found in tropical rainforest, 5 times found in wet forest, 1 times found in cloud forest, 1 times found in forest, 1 times found in mature rainforest, edge of forest near pasture and agricultural land, steep rocky terrain, 1 times found in montane wet forest, along ridge leading to stream, oak trees present, probably mature or old 2nd growth with relict trees, near pasture, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 96 times ex sifted leaf litter, 2 times litter sample, 1 times Ex sifted leaf litter., 1 times Cerca de; Cañon del rio Peje hacia Cascante, 1 times at bait.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 76 times miniWinkler, 15 times MaxiWinkler, 6 times Winkler, 1 times Berlese, 1 times litter sample, 1 times baiting.

Elevations: collected from 30 - 1090 meters, 564 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1986-07-14 and 2020-02-13

Type specimens: paratype of Carebara inca: casent0195774, casent0902398

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