Carebara capreola

Carebara capreola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Carebara
Species:	C. capreola
Binomial name
Carebara capreola (Wheeler, W.M., 1927) Syntype Specimen Label
Subspecies
Carebara capreola laeviceps Wheeler, W.M., 1928

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Carebara soldiers of China
• Key to Carebara workers of China
• Key to Carebara of China

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 22.157° to 17.716667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Vietnam (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: China.

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.

• capreola. Oligomyrmex (Hendecatella) capreolus Wheeler, W.M. 1927h: 93, fig. 5 (s.w.m.) VIETNAM.
  • Type-material: 10 syntype major workers, 3 syntype minor workers, 7 syntype males.
  • Type-locality: Vietnam (“Indochina”): Van Phu (F. Silvestri).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
  • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 156; Ettershank, 1966: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 299; Xu, 2003: 311 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 41.
  • Distribution: China, Vietnam.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus laeviceps.

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)
• Liu, Z., Zhong, Y., Huang, Y., Ran, H., Song, F. 2024. A new ant species of the genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) with a key to Chinese species. ZooKeys 1190, 1–37 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1190.110552).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1927h. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Indochina. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 20: 83-106 (page 93, fig. 5 soldier, worker, male described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• 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.