.jpg){kind=logo}
Carebara aberrans
| Carebara aberrans | |
|---|---|
| |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. aberrans |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara aberrans (Santschi, 1937)
| |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Angola (type locality), Namibia.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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
Images from AntWeb
| |
| Worker. Specimen code casent0007546. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
   
| |
| Worker. Specimen code casent0317062. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
   
| |
| Worker. Specimen code casent0317063. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- aberrans. Pheidologeton aberrans Santschi, 1937d: 231, figs. 5, 6 (q.) ANGOLA.
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: Angola: Benguela, Cucala (J. Cruchet).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Combination in Carebara: Fischer, et al. 2014: 71.
- Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 118; Bolton, 1995b: 333.
- Distribution: Angola.
Description
References
- Fischer, G., Azorsa, F. & Fisher, B.L. 2014. The ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): synonymisation of Pheidologeton Mayr under Carebara, establishment and revision of the C. polita species group. ZooKeys 438: 57–112.
- Santschi, F. 1937d. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola (2me voyage) 1932-1933. Fourmis angolaises. Rev. Suisse Zool. 44: 211-250 (page 231, figs. 5, 6 queen described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Santschi F. 1937. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola (2me voyage) 1932-1933. Fourmis angolaises. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 44: 211-250.