.jpg){kind=logo}
Carebara cornigera
| Carebara cornigera | |
|---|---|
| |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. cornigera |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara cornigera (Forel, 1902)
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -17.35513° to -37.47586°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (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. |
|
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. |
|
Biology
Castes
Images from AntWeb
   
| |
| Syntype of Oligomyrmex corniger parvicornis. Worker. Specimen code casent0908904. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
   
| |
| Lectotype of Carebara cornigera. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0910870. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
   
| |
| Paralectotype of Carebara cornigera. Worker. Specimen code casent0910871. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
   
| |
| Lectotype of Oligomyrmex corniger parvicornis. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0910872. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
   
| |
| Paralectotype of Oligomyrmex corniger parvicornis. Worker. Specimen code casent0910873. 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.
- cornigera. Oligomyrmex corniger Forel, 1902h: 449 (s.w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland, New South Wales).
- Type-material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Taylor, 1991b: 607 (in text)).
- [Notes: (i) original type-data: syntype major workers, syntype minor workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated), 1 syntype male; (ii) Taylor, 1991b: 607, cites 3s, 3w, 1q, 2m syntypes MHNG.]
- Type-locality: lectotype Australia: Queensland, Mackay (G. Turner); paralectotypes: with same data, Queensland, Southport (W.W. Froggatt), New South Wales, Sydney (W.W. Froggatt).
- Type-depositories: MHNG (lectotype); ANIC, MHNG (paralectotypes).
- Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1973a: 33 (l.).
- Combination in O. (Oligomyrmex): Emery, 1924d: 217;
- combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
- Status as species: Emery, 1924d: 217; Ettershank, 1966: 123; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 72; Taylor, 1987a: 50; Taylor, 1991b: 607; Bolton, 1995b: 299.
- Senior synonym of parvicornis: Taylor, 1991b: 607; Bolton, 1995b: 299.#
- Distribution: Australia.
- parvicornis. Oligomyrmex corniger var. parvicornis Forel, 1915b: 70 (s.w. ‘pseudogyne’, m.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Taylor, 1991b: 607).
- [Notes (i): original data: syntype major and minor workers, syntype ‘pseudogyne’, syntype males (numbers not stated); (ii) Taylor, 1991b: 607, cites 5s, 3w, 2q, 1m syntypes (2s ANIC, 3s, 3w, 2q, 1m MHNG); (iii) queens are not mentioned in the original description, only a ‘pseudogyne’.]
- Type-locality: lectotype Australia: Queensland, Cedar Creek (E. Mjöberg); paralectotypes: with same data, Queensland, Malanda (E. Mjöberg), Queensland, Herberton (E. Mjöberg).
- Type-depositories: MHNG (lectotype); ANIC, MHNG (perhaps also NHRS) (paralectotypes).
- Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1954a: 138 (l.).
- Status as species: Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1954a: 138; Ettershank, 1966: 124.
- Subspecies of cornigera: Emery, 1924d: 217; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 72; Taylor, 1987a: 50.
- Junior synonym of cornigera: Taylor, 1991b: 607; Bolton, 1995b: 300.
Type Material
- Oligomyrmex corniger Forel, 1902: Lectotype, worker (minor), Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
- Oligomyrmex corniger Forel, 1902: Paralectotype, 5 major workers, Australia (possibly from Southport, Queensland), Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
- Oligomyrmex corniger Forel, 1902: Paralectotype, 2 major and 3 minor workers, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
- Oligomyrmex corniger Forel, 1902: Paralectotype, 1 queen, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
- Oligomyrmex corniger parvicornis Forel, 1915: Lectotype, minor worker, Ravenshoe (as Cedar Creek), Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
- Oligomyrmex corniger parvicornis Forel, 1915: Paralectotype, 2 major workers, Herberton, Queensland, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Oligomyrmex corniger parvicornis Forel, 1915: Paralectotype, 3 major workers, Herberton, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
- Oligomyrmex corniger parvicornis Forel, 1915: Paralectotype, 1 male, Malanda, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
- Oligomyrmex corniger parvicornis Forel, 1915: Paralectotype, 2 minor workers, 2 queens, Ravenshoe (as Cedar Creek), Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
Description
References
- Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
- Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Forel A. 1902. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 405-548.
- Morrison L. W; 2008. Patterns of nestedness in remote Polynesian ant faunas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pacific Science 62(1): 117-127.
- Morrison LW. 2008. Patterns of nestedness in remote Polynesian ant faunas. Pacific Science 62(1):117-127.
- Perrault G.H. 1988. Les fourmis de Tahiti. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 112(3-4): 430-446.
- Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.
- Wheeler, William Morton. 1927. The Ants of Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 62(4): 121-153