Carebara affinis javana

Carebara affinis javana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Carebara
Species:	C. affinis
Subspecies:	C. affinis javana
Trinomial name
Carebara affinis javana (Emery, 1893)

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• javana. Pheidologeton affinis var. javana Emery, 1893e: 212 (in comparative table) (w.) INDONESIA (Java).
  • Type-material: syntype minor workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Indonesia: Java (no further data).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Combination in Carebara: Fischer, et al. 2014: 71.
  • Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 119 (error).
  • Subspecies of affinis: Emery, 1924d: 212; Santschi, 1928h: 125; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 158; Bolton, 1995b: 333.
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Java).

References

• Emery, C. 1893g. Formicides de l'Archipel Malais. Rev. Suisse Zool. 1: 187-229 (page 212, worker described)
• 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.