寡家蟻屬（學名：Carebara）又稱盲切葉蟻屬或重頭蟻屬 ^[1]，是家蟻亞科的一種屬。此屬目前含有 249個現生種及現生亞種，以及 9個化石。該屬包含了世界上最小的螞蟻 —— 原子盲切葉蟻（Carebara atoma）

盲切葉蟻屬是切葉蟻亞科最大屬之一，有超過 200 多個物種，分布在熱帶區。該屬大部分成員都在隱蔽的土壤和落葉中築巢。在非洲熱帶地區的成員則築巢於爛木中，或者可能在其他螞蟻物種附近築巢。已知有些物種在白蟻巢穴內寄生。目前對該屬的了解知之甚少，但它們因蟻后和工蟻之間的巨大體型差異而引人注目。^[2]^[3]

物種

該屬物種為：^[4]^[5]

Carebara aborensis (Wheeler, 1913)
Carebara abuhurayri Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011
Carebara acuta (Weber, 1952)
Carebara acutispina (Xu, 2003)
近緣盲切葉蟻 Carebara affinis Jerdon, 1851 相鄰寡家蟻
- Carebara affinis javana Emery, 1893
- Carebara affinis minor Emery, 1900
- Carebara affinis spinosior Forel, 1911
- Carebara affinis sumatrensis Forel, 1913
Carebara afghana (Pisarski, 1970)
Carebara africana (Forel, 1910)
Carebara alluaudi (Santschi, 1913)
- Carebara alluaudi cataractae Santschi, 1919
Carebara alperti Fernández, 2010
Carebara alpha (Forel, 1905)
高結盲切葉蟻 Carebara altinoda Xu, 2003
阿美盲切葉蟻 Carebara amia Forel, 1913
Carebara ampla（宿霧語：Carebara ampla） Santschi, 1912
安戈爾盲切葉蟻 Carebara angolensis (Santschi, 1914)
Carebara angulata Fernández, 2004
Carebara anophthalma (Emery, 1906)
†Carebara antiqua (Mayr, 1868)
Carebara arabara Fernández, 2010
Carebara arabica (Collingwood & Van Harten, 2001)
Carebara armata（英語：Carebara armata） (Donisthorpe, 1948)
Carebara arnoldi (Forel, 1913)
Carebara arnoldiella (Santschi, 1919)
兇惡盲切葉蟻 Carebara asina Forel, 1902
原子盲切葉蟻 Carebara atoma (Emery, 1900)
Carebara audita Fernández, 2004
Carebara bartrumi Weber, 1943
孟加拉盲切葉蟻 Carebara bengalensis Forel, 1902 孟加拉稀切葉蟻
Carebara beta (Forel, 1905)
Carebara bicarinata Santschi, 1912
Carebara bihornata (Xu, 2003)
†Carebara bohemica (Novák, 1877)
Carebara borealis (Terayama, 1996)
Carebara bouvardi (Santschi, 1913)
Carebara brasiliana Fernández, 2004
Carebara brevipilosa Fernández, 2004
Carebara bruchi (Santschi, 1933)
布氏盲切葉蟻 Carebara bruni（英語：Carebara bruni） Forel, 191
Carebara butteli（英語：Carebara butteli） (Forel, 1913)
卷鬚盲切葉蟻 Carebara capreola Wheeler, 1927
Carebara carinata Bharti & Kumar, 2013
栗色盲切葉蟻 Carebara castanea Smith, 1858
- Carebara castanea augustata Santschi, 1920
Carebara coeca Fernández, 2004
Carebara concinna (Mayr, 1867)
Carebara convexa (Weber, 1950)
Carebara coqueta Fernández, 2006
Carebara cornigera (Forel, 1902)
Carebara crassiuscula (Emery, 1900)
Carebara cribriceps (Wheeler, 1927)
Carebara crigensis (Belshaw & Bolton, 1994)
Carebara curvispina (Xu, 2003)
Carebara debilis (Santschi, 1913)
Carebara dentata Bharti & Kumar, 2013
Carebara deponens（英語：Carebara deponens） (Walker, 1859)
Carebara diabola (Santschi, 1913)
Carebara diabolica (Baroni Urbani, 1969)
Carebara distincta (Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)
多樣寡家蟻 Carebara diversa Jerdon, 1851 全異盲切葉蟻
- 全異盲切葉蟻龍亞種 Carebara diversa draco Santschi, 1920
- 全異盲切葉蟻老撾亞種 Carebara diversa laotina Santschi, 1920
- Carebara diversa macgregori Wheeler, W.M., 1929
- Carebara diversa philippina Wheeler, W.M., 1929
- Carebara diversa standfussi Forel, 1911
- Carebara diversa taprobanae Smith, F., 1858
- Carebara diversa tenuirugosa Wheeler, W.M., 1929
- Carebara diversa williamsi Wheeler, W.M., 1929
Carebara donisthorpei (Weber, 1950)
Carebara elmenteitae (Patrizi, 1948)
Carebara elongata Fernández, 2004
Carebara erythraea (Emery, 1915)
Carebara escherichi（英語：Carebara escherichi） (Forel, 1911)
Carebara fayrouzae Sharaf, 2013
Carebara frontalis (Weber, 1950)
Carebara globularia Fernández, 2004
Carebara grandidieri (Forel, 1891)
Carebara guineana Fernández, 2006
Carebara hannya (Terayama, 1996)
Carebara hornata Bharti & Kumar, 2013
湖南盲切葉蟻 Carebara hunanenis Wu et Wang, 1995
Carebara inca Fernández, 2004
Carebara incerta (Santschi, 1919)
Carebara incierta Fernández, 2004
Carebara infima (Santschi, 1913)
Carebara intermedia Fernández, 2004
Carebara jacobsoni (Forel, 1911)
Carebara jeanneli (Santschi, 1913)
江西盲切葉蟻 Carebara jinagxiensis Wu et Wang, 1995
Carebara junodi Forel, 1904
卡米盲切葉蟻 Carebara khamiensis (Arnold, 1952)
Carebara kofana Fernández, 2004
Carebara lamellifrons (Forel, 1902)
Carebara langi Wheeler, 1922
Carebara latro (Santschi, 1937)
Carebara leei (Forel, 1902)
木盲切葉蟻 Carebara lignata Westwood,1840 (本屬模式種)
長頭盲切葉蟻 Carebara longiceps (Santschi, 1929)
Carebara longii (Wheeler, 1903)
Carebara lucida (Santschi, 1917)
光亮盲切葉蟻 Carebara lusciosa (Wheeler,1928)
Carebara majeri Fernández, 2004
Carebara manni (Donisthorpe, 1941)
Carebara mayri (Forel, 1901)
黑溝盲切葉蟻 Carebara melasolena Zhou et Zheng,1997
Carebara menozzii (Ettershank, 1966)
Carebara minima (Emery, 1900)
Carebara minuta Fernández, 2004
Carebara mjobergi (Forel, 1915)
Carebara nana（英語：Carebara nana） (Santschi, 1919)
Carebara nayana (Sheela & Narendran, 1997)
†Carebara nitida (Dlussky & Perkovsky, 2002)
諾福克盲切葉蟻 Carebara norfolkensis (Donisthorpe, 1941)
Carebara nosindambo (Forel, 1891)
Carebara nuda Fernández, 2004
鈍齒盲切葉蟻 Carebara obtusidenta (Xu, Z., 2003)
Carebara octata (Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)
Carebara oertzeni (Forel, 1886)
Carebara oni (Terayama, 1996)
Carebara osborni Wheeler, 1922
Carebara overbecki (Viehmeyer, 1916)
Carebara paeta (Santschi, 1937)
Carebara panamensis (Wheeler, 1925)
Carebara patrizii Menozzi, 1927
Carebara paya Fernández, 2004
Carebara perpusilla (Emery, 1895)
Carebara peruviana (Emery, 1906)
Carebara petulca (Wheeler, 1922)
Carebara pilosa Fernández, 2004
Carebara pisinna (Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)
Carebara polita (Santschi, 1914)
多音盲切葉蟻 Carebara polyphemus (Wheeler,1928)
Carebara propomegata Bharti & Kumar, 2013
擬亮盲切葉蟻 Carebara pseudolusciosa (Wu et Wang,1995)
矮人盲切葉蟻 Carebara pumilia Fischer, Azorsa et Fisher, 2014
Carebara punctata (Karavaiev, 1931)
Carebara pygmaea (Emery, 1887)
- Carebara pygmaea densistriata (Stitz, 1925)
千里眼盲切葉蟻 Carebara qianliyan Terayama, 2009
Carebara raja (Forel, 1902)
Carebara rara (Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)
Carebara rectangulata Bharti & Kumar, 2013
Carebara rectidorsa (Xu, 2003)
Carebara reina Fernández, 2004
Carebara reticapita (Xu, 2003)
Carebara reticulata Fernández, 2004
Carebara robertsoni (Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)
Carebara rothneyi (Forel, 1902)
Carebara rugata (Forel, 1913)
坂本盲切葉蟻 Carebara sakamotoi Terayama, Lin et Eguchi, 2012
Carebara sangi (Eguchi & Bui, 2007)
Carebara santschii (Weber, 1943)
Carebara sarasinorum (Emery, 1901)
Carebara sarita (Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)
Carebara satana (Karavaiev, 1935)
邵氏盲切葉蟻 Carebara sauteri Forel, 1912 邵氏寡家蟻
Carebara semilaevis (Mayr, 1901)
Carebara sicheli Mayr, 1862
西氏寡家蟻 Carebara silvestrii Santschi,1914
Carebara simalurensis (Forel, 1915)
Carebara similis (Mayr, 1862)
Carebara sinhala（英語：Carebara sinhala） Fischer, Azorsa & Fisher, 2014
Carebara sodalis (Emery, 1914)
†Carebara sophiae (Emery, 1891)
Carebara spinata Bharti & Kumar, 2013
Carebara stenoptera (Kusnezov, 1952)
Carebara striata (Xu, 2003)
Carebara sublatro (Forel, 1913)
Carebara subreptor (Emery, 1900)
蘇丹盲切葉蟻 Carebara sudanensis (Weber, 1943)
Carebara sudanica Santschi, 1933
Carebara sundaica (Forel, 1913)
Carebara tahitiensis (Wheeler, 1936)
Carebara taiponica (Wheeler, 1928)
Carebara taprobanae (Forel, 1911)
Carebara tenua Fernández, 2004
Carebara termitolestes (Wheeler, 1918)
Carebara thoracica (Weber, 1950)
†Carebara thorali (Théobald, 1937)
Carebara traegaordhi (Santschi, 1914)
粗紋盲切葉蟻 Carebara trechideros Zhou et Zheng, 1997
†Carebara ucrainica (Dlussky & Perkovsky, 2002)
Carebara ugandana (Santschi, 1923)
Carebara urichi (Wheeler, 1922)
紅盲切葉蟻 Carebara vespillo Wheeler, 1921
Carebara vidua Smith, 1858 寡盲切葉蟻?
Carebara viehmeyeri (Mann, 1919)
Carebara villiersi (Bernard, 1953)
Carebara voeltzkowi (Forel, 1907)
Carebara vorax (Santschi, 1914)
Carebara weyeri (Karavaiev, 1930)
Carebara wheeleri (Ettershank, 1966)
Carebara wroughtonii (Forel, 1902)
Carebara yamatonis (Terayama, 1996)
矢野盲切葉蟻 Carebara yanoi Forel, 1912 矢野寡家蟻
增城盲切葉蟻 Carebara zengchengensis (Zhou, Zhao et Jia,2006)

參考文獻

寡家蟻屬; 化石時期：普里阿邦期 PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ▼
	一隻多樣寡家蟻（C.diversa）的大兵
科學分類
界：	動物界 Animalia
門：	節肢動物門 Arthropoda
綱：	昆蟲綱 Insecta
目：	膜翅目 Hymenoptera
科：	蟻科 Formicidae
亞科：	家蟻亞科 Myrmicinae
族：	角腹蟻族 Crematogastrini
屬：	寡家蟻屬 Carebara; Westwood,1840
模式種
	木盲切葉蟻 Carebara lignata; Westwood,1840
多樣性
	249 個現生種，9 個化石種
異名
	稀切葉蟻屬 Oligomyrmex Mayr, 1867; 巨首蟻屬（擬大頭家蟻屬） Pheidologeton Mayr, 1862;

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[2] Aldawood, Abdulrahman S.; Sharaf, Mostafa R.; Taylor, Brian. First record of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with description of a new species, C. abuhurayri sp. n.. ZooKeys. 2011-04-28, (92). ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3084545 . PMID 21594112. doi:10.3897/zookeys.92.770.

[3] #author.fullName}. Ants use their flattened heads as doors to lock down their nests. New Scientist. [2024-08-21] （美國英語）.

[4] Carebara(盲切叶蚁属)-Chinese Ant Database(蚂蚁数据库)-Chinese antweb(蚁网). www.ants-china.com. [2024-07-18]. （原始內容存檔於2024-07-18）.

[5] Carebara - AntWiki. www.antwiki.org. [2024-08-13]. （原始內容存檔於2023-12-17）（英語）.

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