Carebara incierta
Carebara incierta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Carebara |
Species: | C. incierta |
Binomial name | |
Carebara incierta Fernández, 2004 | |
Synonyms | |
Fernández (2004) - C. incierta is based on solitary male collected in Brazil. As implied by the name, the real status of this taxon is uncertain, due to absence of workers associated.
Identification
A member of the Carebara lignata species complex.
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil (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
Castes
Male
Images from AntWeb
Syntype of Carebara incerta. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0913483. Photographer Will Ericson, 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.
- incerta. Carebara incerta Santschi, 1923d: 66 (m.) BRAZIL (Goiás).
- Type-material: holotype male.
- Type-locality: Brazil: Goya (B.J. de Gaulle).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- [Junior secondary homonym of Oligomyrmex incertus Santschi, 1919a: 340.]
- Status as species: Borgmeier, 1927c: 102; Ettershank, 1966: 127; Kempf, 1972a: 74; Bolton, 1995b: 133.
- Replacement name: Carebara incierta Fernández, 2004a: 216.
- incierta. Carebara incierta Fernández, 2004a: 216.
- Replacement name for Carebara incerta Santschi, 1923d: 66. [Junior secondary homonym of Oligomyrmex incertus Santschi, 1919a: 340.]
- Distribution: Brazil.