Carebara santschii

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Carebara santschii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Carebara
Species: C. santschii
Binomial name
Carebara santschii
(Weber, 1943)

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Sudan (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

Nomenclature

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

  • santschii. Oligomyrmex santschii Weber, 1943c: 363, pl. 15, figs. 4, 16 (s.w.) SOUTH SUDAN.
    • Type-material: 1 syntype major worker, 17 syntype minor workers.
    • Type-locality: South Sudan (“Anglo-Egyptian Sudan”): Khor Aba forest, Nile-Congo watershed, S Yei, 11.viii.1939, no. 1475 (N.A. Weber).
    • Type-depositories: AMNH, MCZC (perhaps also USNM).
    • Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
    • Status as species: Weber, 1950a: 12; Ettershank, 1966: 124; Bolton, 1995b: 300.
    • Distribution: South Sudan.

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)
  • Weber, N. A. 1943d. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389 (page 363, pl. 15, figs. 4, 16 soldier, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
  • Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.
  • Weber N. A. 1950. The African species of the genus Oligomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1442: 1-19.