Carebara castanea

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Carebara castanea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Carebara
Species: C. castanea
Binomial name
Carebara castanea
Smith, F., 1858

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

  • Liu, Z., Zhong, Y. et al. (2024), Figure 32. Potential distribution range of Carebara castanea under the current climate.

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 14.59225455° to 14.52629669°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Singapore.
Oriental Region: Laos, Thailand.
Palaearctic Region: China (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

Nests are complex underground constructions. Colonies consist of tens of thousands of workers, with a single queen.

Segment of a Carebara castanea nest from northern Thailand, showing two levels of chambers with supporting pillars. Photo by Christian Peeters

Castes

Workers are monomorphic in size. Soldiers are absent in this species.

Striking dimorphism in body size between queen and workers in Carebara castanea. From Lampang province, northern Thailand. Photo by Christian Peeters


Images from AntWeb

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Specimen code castanea. .

Nomenclature

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

  • castanea. Carebara castanea Smith, F. 1858b: 178 (q.) CHINA (Hong Kong).
    • Type-material: holotype queen.
    • Type-locality: China: Hong Kong (no collector’s name).
    • Type-depository: BMNH.
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1862: 755; Mayr, 1863: 402; Roger, 1863b: 32; Mayr, 1865: 108; Smith, F. 1871a: 334; Dalla Torre, 1893: 74; Santschi, 1920h: 162; Emery, 1924d: 220; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 155; Ettershank, 1966: 127; Bolton, 1995b: 133; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 16; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 41; Jaitrong, Guénard, et al. 2016: 34.
    • Distribution: China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus augustata.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
  • Jaitrong W., B. Guenard, E. P. Economo, N. Buddhakala, and S. Yamane. 2016. A checklist of known ant species of Laos (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Asian Myrmecology 8: 1-32. DOI: 10.20362/am.008019
  • Kubota M. 1994. Carebara queens, as friend dish in nothern Thailand. Ari 17: 18.
  • Ogata K. 2005. Asian ant inventory and international networks. Report on Insect inventory Project in Tropic Asia TAIIV: 145-170.
  • Sakchoowong W., W. Jaitrong, and K. Ogata. 2009. Comparison of ground-ant diversity between natural forests and disturbed forests along a natural gas pipeline transect in Thong Pha Phum National Park, Kanchanaburi province. Kasetsart J. (Nat. Sci) 43: 64-73.
  • Santschi F. 1920. Fourmis d'Indo-Chine. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 60: 158-176.
  • Santschi F. 1924. Fourmis d'Indochine. Opuscules de l'Institut Scientifique de l'Indochine 3: 95-117
  • Xu Z. 1999. Systematic studies on the ant genera of Carebara, Rhopalomastix and Kartidris in China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Acta Biologica Plateau Sinica 14: 129-136