Carebara phragmotica Fischer et al., 2015 valid
Carebara phragmotica Fischer et al., 2015: 97, figs. 1A,B, 6, 7 (s.w.) KENYA. Afrotropic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype phragmotic major worker. Primary type locality: Kenya: Kakamega Forest, Colobus trail, 0.3551389°N, 34.3583611°E, 1650 m., 14.vi.2007, rainforest, leaf litter (M. Peters). Primary type depository: ZFMK. Primary type specimen: CASENT0709551. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 5 paratype phragmotic major workers, 7 paratype major workers, 11 paratype minor workers. Secondary type localities: 3 paratype major workers with same data as holotype, 2 paratype phragmotic major workers Kakamega Forest, Kaimosi Fragment, 1600 m., 4.viii.2008, rainforest, leaf litter (G. Fischer), 1 paratype phragmotic major worker Kakamega Forest, Malawa Fragment, 1650 m., viii.2007, rainforest, leaf litter (F. Hita Garcia), 2 paratype major workers with same data as last but, 1.ix.2005 (G. Fischer), 1 paratype phragmotic major worker Kakamega Forest, Yala, 1650 m., v.2008, rainforest, leaf litter (M. Fischer), 1 paratype phragmotic major worker, 5 paratype minor workers Kakamega Forest, Kisere Fragment, 1650 m., 25.xi.2005, rainforest, leaf litter (G. Fischer), 2 paratype minor workers Kakamega Forest, Salazar, 1650 m., 9.iii.2009, rainforest, leaf litter (M. Peters), 2 paratype minor workers Kakamega Forest, Isecheno, 1650 m., 28.viii.2007, rainforest, leaf litter (F. Hita Garcia), 2 paratype major workers, 2 paratype minor workers Kakamega Forest, Kisere Fragment (no further data). Secondary type depository: CAS. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0217819. Type notes: Depositories of paratypes are not recorded. Perhaps all are in ZFMK, but the authors (p. 82) list BMNH, DZCU, IEUB, MCZC, MHNG, NMKN, as depositories; perhaps paratypes are in some or all of these, as well as ZFMK.
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