Carebara bruchi

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Carebara bruchi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Carebara
Species: C. bruchi
Binomial name
Carebara bruchi
(Santschi, 1933)

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Fernández (2004) - A member of the Carebara lignata species complex. The description of this species is based on a female collected in Argentina (Santschi, 1933). Kusnezov (1951) described a “dinergatogyny”, and illustrated part of the female, dinergatogyne, and worker. The description is poor, though, and does not permit an adequate evaluation of the limits of this species with its neighbors.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -26.808285° to -26.808285°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Queen

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Carebara bruchiQueen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0913500. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • bruchi. Oligomyrmex bruchi Santschi, 1933e: 116 (q.) ARGENTINA (Buenos Aires).
    • Type-material: holotype queen.
    • Type-locality: Argentina: Buenos Aires, 10.iii.1926, no. 1924 (C. Bruch).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Combination in Erebomyrma: Brandão, 1991: 343;
    • combination in Oligomyrmex: Bolton, 1995b: 299;
    • combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 219.
    • Status as species: Kusnezov, 1953b: 338; Ettershank, 1966: 123; Kempf, 1972a: 172; Brandão, 1991: 343; Bolton, 1995b: 299; Fernández, 2004a: 219.
    • Distribution: Argentina.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Brandao, C.R.F. 1991. Adendos ao catalogo abreviado das formigas da regiao neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 35: 319-412.
  • Cuezzo, F. 1998. Formicidae. Chapter 42 in Morrone J.J., and S. Coscaron (dirs) Biodiversidad de artropodos argentinos: una perspectiva biotaxonomica Ediciones Sur, La Plata. Pages 452-462.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Kusnezov N. 1951. Dinergatogina en Oligomyrmex bruchi Santschi (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 15: 177-181.
  • Kusnezov N. 1978. Hormigas argentinas: clave para su identificación. Miscelánea. Instituto Miguel Lillo 61:1-147 + 28 pl.
  • Kusnezov, N.. "Lista de las hormigas de Tucumán con descripción de dos nuevos géneros (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)." Acta Zoologica Lilloana 13 (1953): 327-339.
  • Zolessi L. C. de; Y. P. de Abenante, and M. E. Philippi. 1989. Catálogo sistemático de las especies de Formícidos del Uruguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Montevideo: ORCYT Unesco, 40 + ix pp.