Carebara latro

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Carebara latro
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Carebara
Species: C. latro
Binomial name
Carebara latro
(Santschi, 1937)

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (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

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Carebara latroWorker. Specimen code casent0913510. 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.

  • latro. Oligomyrmex (Oligomyrmex) latro Santschi, 1937g: 81, fig. 6a-e (s.w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated, “many”).
    • Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Eala, v. 1936 (J. Ghesquière).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
    • Status as species: Weber, 1950a: 11; Ettershank, 1966: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 299.
    • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.

Description

References

  • Fernández, F. 2004a. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymentoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia 26(1): 191-238 (page 235, Combination in Carebara)
  • Santschi, F. 1937g. Fourmis du Congo et régions limitrophes. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 30: 71-85 (page 81, fig. 6 soldier, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Weber N. A. 1950. The African species of the genus Oligomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1442: 1-19.