Carebara overbecki (Viehmeyer, 1916)

Material examined. Pulau Ubin, 22 Oct 2016, W. Wang leg., leaf litter, Winkler extraction, ZRC _ENT00000988.

Material not physically examined. Types – CASENT0908912, ANTC31343 (MHNG); FOCOL0278-279 (DEIC, Muncheberg); 3 males, 2 workers, FOCOL1918-1922 (ZMHB) .

Literature. Type – Viehmeyer (1916); Overbeck (1924) [as Oligomyrmex overbecki]. Moffett (1986) [as Oligomyrmex overbecki].

Localities. Bukit Timah Road; Pulau Ubin.

Habitat/Ecology. This minute species is associated mostly with mature secondary forests in Singapore. The ants can be found in leaf litter or under bark. Nests have been found in large aged fallen tree trunks, also in root cavities in a soil mound, just next to a termite nest.

Remarks. Type locality in Singapore.