Overbeckia

Overbeckia is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae containing the single species Overbeckia subclavata.[1] The genus is known only from Singapore, where it nests in hollow branches of bamboo and other plants.[2]

Overbeckia
Overbeckia subclavata worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Formicidae
Subfamily:
Formicinae
Tribe:
Camponotini
Genus:
Overbeckia

Viehmeyer, 1916
Species:
O. subclavata
Binomial name
Overbeckia subclavata
Viehmeyer, 1916

Species

References
  1. "Genus: Overbeckia". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. Emery, C. (1925). "Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae". Genera Insectorum. 183: 1–302.


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