Overbeckia
| Overbeckia | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Overbeckia subclavata worker | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Overbeckia Viehmeyer, 1916 |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 3 species | |
Overbeckia is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae originally containing only the single species Overbeckia subclavata.[2] Although the genus has been known over 100 years only from Singapore, where its nests were found in hollow branches of bamboo and other plants,[3] a revision study by Klimes and coll. in 2022[4] showed that these ants occur across tropical SA Asia to Australasia and re-described the genus, Overbeckia subclavata.[2] and described two new species, Overbeckia jambiensis, and Overbeckia papuana.[4] The study also showed that more recent findings of Overbeckia in Australia [5] are likely O. papuana, based on morphology.
Species
[edit]- Overbeckia subclavata
- Overbeckia jambiensis
- Overbeckia papuana
References
[edit]- ↑ Bolton, B. (2025). "Overbeckia". AntCat. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- 1 2 "Genus: Overbeckia". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ↑ Emery, C. (1925). "Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae". Genera Insectorum. 183: 1–302.
- 1 2 Klimeš, Petr; Drescher, Jochen; Buchori, Damayanti; Hidayat, Purnama; Nazarreta, Rizky; Potocký, Pavel; Rimandai, Maling; Scheu, Stefan; Matos-Maraví, Pável (2022-07-25). "Uncovering cryptic diversity in the enigmatic ant genus Overbeckia and insights into the phylogeny of Camponotini (Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Formicinae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 36 (6): 557–579. doi:10.1071/IS21067. ISSN 1447-2600. S2CID 251077487.
- ↑ B.E., Heterick (2019). "First record of the formicine genus Overbeckia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Australia". Myrmecological News. 29. ISSN 1997-3500.
External links
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Media related to Overbeckia subclavata at Wikimedia Commons
