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Carebara osborni
| Carebara osborni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. osborni |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara osborni Wheeler, W.M., 1922
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 3.75° to 3.692196°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (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. |
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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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- osborni. Carebara osborni Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 174, fig. 41 (w.q.m.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: 4 syntype worker, 1 syntype queen, syntype males (number not stated, “numerous”).
- Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Niangara (Lang & Chapin).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 127; Bolton, 1995b: 133.
- Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.
Description
References
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 174, fig. 41 worker, queen, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 39-269.