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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

Overbeckia is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae originally containing only the single species Overbeckia subclavata. 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, a revision study by Klimes and coll. in 2022 showed that these ants occur across tropical SA Asia to Australasia and re-described the genus, Overbeckia subclavata. and described two new species, Overbeckia jambiensis, and Overbeckia papuana. The study also showed that more recent findings of Overbeckia in Australia are likely O. papuana, based on morphology.

Species

• Overbeckia subclavata
• Overbeckia jambiensis
• Overbeckia papuana

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.
3. ^ 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.
4. B.E., Heterick (2019). "First record of the formicine genus Overbeckia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Australia". Myrmecological News. 29. ISSN 1997-3500.

External links

• Media related to Overbeckia subclavata at Wikimedia Commons

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