Carebara castanea
Carebara castanea | |
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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 | |
Subspecies | |
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 14.59225455° to 14.52629669°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Singapore.
Oriental Region: Laos, Thailand.
Palaearctic Region: China (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
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. |
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. |
Biology
Nests are complex underground constructions. Colonies consist of tens of thousands of workers, with a single queen.
Castes
Workers are monomorphic in size. Soldiers are absent in this species.
Images from AntWeb
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
- Khachonpisitsak, S., Yamane, S., Sriwichai, P., Jaitrong, W. 2020. An updated checklist of the ants of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 998, 1–182 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.998.54902).
- Liu, Z., Zhong, Y., Huang, Y., Ran, H., Song, F. 2024. A new ant species of the genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) with a key to Chinese species. ZooKeys 1190, 1–37 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1190.110552).
- Smith, F. 1858b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. (page 178, queen described)
- Wang, W.Y., Soh, E.J.Y., Yong, G.W.J., Wong, M.K.L., Benoit Guénard, Economo, E.P., Yamane, S. 2022. Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy. Asian Myrmecology 15: e015006 (doi:10.20362/am.015006).
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