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Carebara angolensis
| Carebara angolensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. angolensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara angolensis (Santschi, 1914)
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Angola (type locality).
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. |
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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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| Syntype of Carebara angolensis congolensis. Worker. Specimen code casent0908896. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
   
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| Syntype of Carebara angolensis. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0913494. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
   
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| Syntype of Carebara angolensis. Worker. Specimen code casent0913495. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- angolensis. Oligomyrmex angolensis Santschi, 1914d: 358, fig. 21 (s.w.) ANGOLA.
- Type-material: 3 syntype major workers, 2 syntype minor workers.
- Type-locality: Angola: Quifangondo (F. Silvestri).
- Type-depository: NHMB (perhaps also DEUN).
- Combination in O. (Oligomyrmex): Emery, 1924d: 217;
- combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 881; Emery, 1924d: 217; Santschi, 1930b: 55; Weber, 1950a: 4; Ettershank, 1966: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 299.
- Distribution: Angola.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus congolensis.
Description
References
- 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)
- Santschi, F. 1914d. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 8: 309-385 (page 358, fig. 21 soldier, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Braet Y., and B. Taylor. 2008. Mission entomologique au Parc National de Pongara (Gabon). Bilan des Formicidae (Hymenoptera) recoltes. Bulletin S. R. B. E./K.B.V.E. 144: 157-169.
- Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
- Weber N. A. 1950. The African species of the genus Oligomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1442: 1-19.