Subfamilies
Links
Jack Longino's Ants of Costa Rica
American Museum Social Insects website
William and Emma Mackay Ants of North America site
sF Myrmicinae Carebarella
Carebarella are similar in size and shape to Solenopsis subgenus Solenopsis. Jack Longino's Carebarella pages includes one species, bicolor, which ranges from southern Brazil through to Costa Rica. I tentatively include a second species, which I formerly identified as as Solenopsis. The images and text on bicolor come from Longino's pages.
Litter--
WWL: 0.52
Soil Nester: sparse long hairs on meosoma
no clypeal teeth
metanotal groove pronounced
Petiolar node juncture with peduncle forms nearly a right angle
20Jan05 MEK-10 was formerly assigned to Solenopsis
Last Updated: 20Jan2005