Protonym: Carebara panhai
Authorship Jaitrong et al., 2021: 9, figs. 1, 2
Forms s.w.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality THAILAND
Etymology The specific name is dedicated to Professor Somsak Panha (the Director of the Higher Education Commission and Centre of Excellence on Biodiversity, Chulalongkorn University), a famous taxonomist in Thailand, who is dedicated to karst and cave biodiversity and conservation in the country and kindly supported us in field surveys.
Primary type information Type-material: holotype major worker. Type-locality: Thailand: Kanchanaburi Prov., Thong Pha Phum Dist., Sahakhom Nikhom Community Forest, 14.76255556°N, 98.80966667°E, 3 m. from cave entrance, 27.xi.2019 (W. Jaitrong). Type-depository: TNHM. Type-specimen: THNHM-I-14191.
Secondary type information Paratype-material: 4 paratype major workers, 60 paratype minor workers. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depositories: SKYC, TNHM. Paratype-specimens: major workers: THNHM-I-14192, THNHM-I- 19032, THNHM-I- 19033, THNHM-I-19034; minor workers: THNHM-I-14193, THNHM-I-19093, THNHM-I-19094, THNHM-I-19035.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Carebara panhai Species Valid Original combination