The Ants of Africa
Genus Carebara
Carebara sicheli Mayr

Carebara sicheli Mayr

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Senegal (Mayr, 1862: 754, queen) collector Dr Sichel; queen only described, as TL maximum 15 mm, body covered with short hairs, clypeus coarsely punctate, dark brown (Wheeler, 1922) (see Bolton, 1995) .

Mayr's (1862) description of the queen is at {original description}. Mayr (1904a: 596) compared various Carebara - sicheli, lignata from Java and vidua, see below; this is at {original description}.

Wheeler (1922) also recorded it from Benin (Upper Dahomey) and Sudan - in Mayr (1862) as "White Nile".
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