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Carebara afghana
| Carebara afghana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. afghana |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara afghana (Pisarski, 1970)
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan (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
Images from AntWeb
 
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| Paratype of Carebara afghana. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0911208. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- afghana. Oligomyrmex afghanus Pisarski, 1970: 311, figs. 10-23 (s.w.m.) AFGHANISTAN.
- Type-material: holotype major worker, 6 paratype workers (caste not specified), 75 paratype males.
- [Note: Bezděčková, et al. 2017: 300, cite holotype and 55 paratypes MMBC.]
- Type-locality: holotype Afghanistan: Prov. Nengrahar, 12-20 km. from Jalalabad, 600 m., 17.iii.1966 (PT 27) (D. Povolný & F. Tenora); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: MMBC (holotype); MIZW, MMBC (paratypes).
- Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 298.
- Distribution: Afghanistan.
Type Material
Bezděčková et al. (2017) - Holotype and 55 paratypes are deposited in Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic (all dry-mounted, glued on point and rectangular card labels):
- HOLOTYPE (worker, on card point label): ‘O. Afghanistan / Prov. Nengrahar / Povolný & Tenora [p] // (26) 12–20 km öös. / Jalalabad / 7. 3. 66 600 m [p] // Oligomyrmex / afghanus Pisarski / det. B. Pisarski [p] // Invent. č. [p]/ 563 / Ent [hw] / Mor. museum, Brno [p] // Holo- / typ [p, red label]’.
- PARATYPES (52 males 3 queens): ‘O. Afghanistan / Prov. Nengrahar / Povolný & Tenora [p] // (26) 12–20 km öös. / Jalalabad / 7. 3. 66 600 m [p] // Oligomyrmex / afghanus Pisarski / det. B. Pisarski [p] // Para- / typ [p, red label] // Invent. č. [p] / 564–566/Ent [respectively, hw] / Mor. museum, Brno [p]’.
Remarks. According to the original description, the holotype and 54 paratypes should have been deposited in Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic (with the rest of the type series, 27 paratypes, to be deposited in the Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences). Fifty-five paratype specimens are actually present in Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic.
Description
References
- Bezděčková, K., Bezděčka, P., Macek, J., Malenovský, I. 2017. Catalogue of type specimens of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) deposited in Czech museums. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57(1): 295-308 (doi:10.1515/aemnp-2017-0076).
- 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)
- Pisarski, B. 1970a [1969]. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna Afghanistans. (Sammelergebnisse von O. Jakes 1963-64, D. Povolny 1965, D. Povolny & Fr. Tenora 1966, J. Simek 1965-66, D. Povolny, J. Gaisler, Z. Sebek & Fr. Tenora 1967). Formicidae, Hym. Cas. M (page 311, figs. 10-23 worker, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bezdeckova K., P. Bexdecka, J. Macek, and I. Malenovsky. 2017. Catalogue of type specimens of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) deposited in Czech museums. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57(1): 295-308.