Carebara Westwood 1840

Genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 DIAGNOSIS (workers; applicable to Japanese species only). With features shared by myrmicine ants. Small ants with total body length ranging from 0.8 to 5 mm. Worker caste strikingly dimorphic with major worker (soldier) and minor worker (worker) subcastes. Antenna with 7 flagellomeres (9 antennomeres); antennal club distinct consisting of 2 apical flagellomeres. Anterior margin of clypeus with single pair of long hairs straddling midpoint. Mandible with 5 teeth. Compound eye (simply called eye hereafter) of minor worker very small, generally with only one ommatidium, which is often vestigial. Major worker often with vertexal horns of variable shape and size. Propodeal spines often absent. (For more information including world species, see AntWiki, 2024).