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Carebara aborensis
| Carebara aborensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. aborensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara aborensis (Wheeler, W.M., 1913) | |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India (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.
- aborensis. Pheidologeton (Aneleus) aborensis Wheeler, W.M. 1913e: 234 (s.w.) INDIA (Assam).
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated, “numerous”).
- Type-locality: India: Assam, Kobo, 400 ft (Abor Expd. 1911-12) (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Combination in Aneleus (Aneleus): Emery, 1924d: 214;
- combination in Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 123;
- combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
- Status as species: Emery, 1924d: 214; Ettershank, 1966: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 298; Bharti & Kumar, 2013b: 61 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 34; Akbar & Bharti, 2017: 37 (in key).
- Distribution: India.
Description
References
- Bharti, H., Kumar, R. 2013. Six new species of Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with restructuring of world species groups and a key to Indian species. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 15(1), 47-67.
- Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 214, Combination in Aneleus)
- Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 123, Combination in Oligomyrmex)
- 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)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1913f. Zoological results of the Abor Expedition, 1911-1912, XVII. Hymenoptera, II: Ants (Formicidae). Rec. Indian Mus. 8: 233-237 (page 234, soldier, worker described)