Carebara

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 178

Genus 5. CAREBARA .

Carebara , Westw. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. vi. 86 (1841).

Head small, much narrower than the thorax; eyes ovate, placed high on the sides of the head; antennae short; the flagel- lum 9-jointed, the basal joint as long as the two following, the joints from the second, gradually increasing in length and thick- ness, not having a distinct club; mandibles short, stout, widen- ing to their apex, which is oblique and dentate; maxillary palpi 3-jointed, labial palpi 2-jointed. Thorax ovate, very convex above; wings ample, the anterior pair with one marginal, two submarginal and one discoidal cell; the intermediate and poste- rior tibiae destitute of spines at their apex, the anterior tibiae with a single calcar or spine. Abdomen very large, ovate, much wider than the thorax.

The above characters are those of the female, the workers are not known.