Carebara bouvardi

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Carebara bouvardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Carebara
Species: C. bouvardi
Binomial name
Carebara bouvardi
(Santschi, 1913)

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Specimen Label

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 10.360045° to 10.360045°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Vietnam (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • bouvardi. Oligomyrmex bouvardi Santschi, 1913d: 457, fig. 1 (s.w.m.) VIETNAM.
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
    • Type-localities: workers, male(s) Vietnam (“Cochinchine”): Mitho (Bouvard), male(s) Vietnam (“Cochinchine”): Saigon (= Ho Chi Minh City) (Fouquet).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Combination in O. (Oligomyrmex): Emery, 1924d: 217;
    • combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
    • Status as species: Santschi, 1920h: 161; Santschi, 1924c: 99; Emery, 1924d: 217; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 156; Ettershank, 1966: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 299.
    • Distribution: Vietnam.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
  • Eguchi K.; Bui T. V.; Yamane S. 2011. Generic synopsis of the Formicidae of Vietnam (Insecta: Hymenoptera), part I — Myrmicinae and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa 2878: 1-61.
  • Ogata K. 2005. Asian ant inventory and international networks. Report on Insect inventory Project in Tropic Asia TAIIV: 145-170.
  • Santschi F. 1913. Un nouvel Oligomyrmex de Cochinchine (Hym. Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1913: 457-459.
  • Santschi F. 1920. Fourmis d'Indo-Chine. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 60: 158-176.
  • Santschi F. 1924. Fourmis d'Indochine. Opuscules de l'Institut Scientifique de l'Indochine 3: 95-117