Carebara debilis

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

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 10° to 9.535°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Guinea (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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Carebara debilis. Worker. Specimen code casent0913502. 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.

• debilis. Oligomyrmex debilis Santschi, 1913e: 459 (diagnosis in key) (w.) GUINEA.
  • Type-material: syntype minor workers (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: Guinea (“Guinée française”): Kindia (F. Silvestri) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 881; no lectotype designated), Guinea: Conakry, Camayenne (F. Silvestri).
  • [Note: locality data from Santschi, 1914d: 360.]
  • Type-depository: NHMB (perhaps also DEUN).
  • Santschi, 1914d: 360 (s.w.m.).
  • Combination in O. (Aeromyrma): Santschi, 1919a: 337;
  • combination in O. (Oligomyrmex): Emery, 1924d: 217;
  • combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
  • Status as species: Santschi, 1914d: 360; Santschi, 1919a: 337; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 881; Emery, 1924d: 217; Weber, 1952a: 12 (in key); Ettershank, 1966: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 299.

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. 1913d. Un nouvel Oligomyrmex de Cochinchine (Hym. Formicidae). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1913: 457-459 (page 459, worker described)
• 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 360, soldier, worker, male described)
• Santschi, F. 1919a. Cinq notes myrmécologiques. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 52: 325-350 (page 337, Combination in O. (Aeromyrma))

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.
• IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
• Santschi F. 1913. Clé dichotomique des Oligomyrmex africains (Hym. Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1913: 459-460.
• Santschi F. 1914. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8: 309-385.
• Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004