Carebara reina

Carebara reina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Carebara
Species:	C. reina
Binomial name
	Carebara reina; Fernández, 2004 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
	Carebara semistriata Fernández, 2004;

The type material was collected in a pitfall trap.

Identification

Fernández (2004) - A member of the Carebara escherichi species complex. This species is very close to Carebara striata but is easily separated by the setal pattern, with more hairs than in striata.

Keys including this Species

Key to Carebara escherichi species complex workers

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 15.6864989° to 3.433333333°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Colombia (type locality), Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.

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

Worker

Images from AntWeb


Paratype of Carebara reina. Worker. Specimen code casent0902395. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.


Worker. Specimen code inbiocri002279067. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by JTLC.

Nomenclature

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

reina. Carebara reina Fernández, 2004a: 228, fig. 12 (w.) COLOMBIA.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 10 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Colombia: Valle del Cauca, Alto Anchicayá, Farallones Nat. Park, 3°26’N, 76°48’W, 600-900 m., 19-24.vi.2001, Winkler trap (S. Sarria); pratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: IAVH (holotype); BMNH, IAVH, JTLC, MCZC, MIZA, MZSP, PSWC, USNM, WEMC (paratypes).
- Status as species: Fernández, 2006: 99 (in key); Fernández & Serna, 2019: 822.
- Senior synonym of semistriata: Fernández, 2006: 98.
- Distribution: Colombia, Nicaragua.
semistriata. Carebara semistriata Fernández, 2004a: 229, fig. 12 (w.) COLOMBIA, NICARAGUA.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 9 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Colombia: Bolívar, Los Colorados Nat. Park, 320 m., 15-19.ix.2000, Winkler trap, forest litter (E. Deulufeut); paratypes: 4 workers with same data, 5 workers Nicaragua: Isla Diamante, 10.x.1994, no. 8650 (J.P. Caldwell).
- Type-depositories: IAVH (holotype); BMNH, CPDC, IAVH, ICNB, MCZC (paratypes).
- Junior synonym of reina: Fernández, 2006: 98.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Holotype (Paratypes n=2): HW 0.33 (0.30-0.31); HL 0.38 (0.36-0.38); SL 0.20 (0.20); PW 0.20 (0.21); WL 0.31 (0.28-0.31); GL 0.39 (0.35-0.38); TL 1.30 (1.22-1.29); CI 87 (81-83); SI 61 (61-64).

Similar to Carebara inca with the following differences:

A longitudinal and less narrow stripe, subopaque. Eyes reduced to 1 ommatidium; lamellae of metapleural lobes low; dorsum of head densely sculptured with very small, shallow foveolate punctures, broadly separated; dorsum of promesonotum with dense, fine longitudinal striation mixed with scattered small punctures; sloping face of propodeum densely reticulated. Scapes, dorsum of head, promesonotum and legs with appressed to feebly curved pubescence, denser on head. Body nearly naked of long hairs, with only a few (about 0.05 mm) distributed as follows: four in the clypeal area; two on each frontal lobe; four on promesonotum, none on propodeum, none on legs; two on petiole, two on the postpetiole, two on first tergal dorsum. Body brown, appendages lighter.

Fernández (2006) - Eyes reduced to 1 ommatidium. Lamellae of metapleural lobes low. Dorsum of head densely sculptured with very small, shallow foveolate punctures, broadly separated; mid dorsum to almost all of promesonotum with dense, fine longitudinal striations mixed with scattered small punctures, periphery of promesonotum, dorsal and posterior face of propodeum and petiole densely reticulated. Postpetiole and gaster smooth and shining. Scapes, dorsum of head, promesonotum and legs with appressed pubescence, denser on head. Body nearly naked of long hairs, with only few (about 0.05 mm) distributed as follows: four on clypeal area; two on each frontal lobe; two on head (each one near occipital corner), eight on promesonotum, two on propodeum, none on legs; two on petiole, four on postpetiole, several on first tergal dorsum. Body brown, appendages lighter, most of gaster dark brown.

Type Material

Holotype worker. COLOMBIA. Valle del Cauca: 1 worker, Alto Anchicayá, Farallones National Park, 3°26’N 76°48’W, 600-900 m, winkler trap, 19-24 Jun 2001, S. Sarria, leg., deposited in Humboldt Institute. Paratypes. 10 workers, same data as type, The Natural History Museum, William and Emma Mackay Collection, IAvH, John T. Longino Collection, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Instituto de Zoologia Agricola, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Philip S. Ward Collection and National Museum of Natural History.

Etymology

Named in honor to Claudia A. Reina-Tovar, my laboratory auxiliar, by their efforts in sorting many minute ants from pitfall and Winkler samples.

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Donoso D. A. 2014. Assembly mechanisms shaping tropical litter ant communities. Ecography 37 doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00253.x
Fernández F. 2006. A new species of Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and taxonomic notes on the genus. Revista Colombiana de Entomología 32: 97-99.
Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.
Longino J. T. 2013. Ants of Honduras. Consulted on 18 Jan 2013. https://sites.google.com/site/longinollama/reports/ants-of-honduras
Longino J. T. 2013. Ants of Nicargua. Consulted on 18 Jan 2013. https://sites.google.com/site/longinollama/reports/ants-of-nicaragua
Longino J. T. L., and M. G. Branstetter. 2018. The truncated bell: an enigmatic but pervasive elevational diversity pattern in Middle American ants. Ecography 41: 1-12.
Longino J. et al. ADMAC project. Accessed on March 24th 2017 at https://sites.google.com/site/admacsite/