Carebara ampla rugosa

Carebara ampla rugosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Carebara
Species:	C. ampla
Subspecies:	C. ampla rugosa
Trinomial name
Carebara ampla rugosa Santschi, 1928

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (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.

• rugosa. Carebara ampla var. rugosa Santschi, 1928f: 197 (q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, MOZAMBIQUE.
  • Type-material: syntype queens (number not stated, “several”).
  • Type-localities: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Lukonzolwa, 17.ix.1911 (Stappers), Elisabethville (= Lubumbashi) (Gérard), Lake Moero – Lake Bengwelo (Cheval), Mozambique: Fungué Valley, Guengere, 1906 (G. Vasse).
  • Type-depositories: MRAC, NHMB.
  • Subspecies of ampla: Ettershank, 1966: 127; Bolton, 1995b: 133.
  • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique.

References

• Santschi, F. 1928f. Descriptions de nouvelles fourmis éthiopiennes (suite). Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 16: 191-213 (page 197, queen described)