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Carebara diversa laotina
| Carebara diversa laotina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. diversa |
| Subspecies: | C. diversa laotina |
| Trinomial name | |
| Carebara diversa laotina (Santschi, 1920) | |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 22.1575° to 22.1575°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Laos (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. |
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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.
- laotina. Pheidologeton diversus var. laotina Santschi, 1920h: 162 (s.w.q.) LAOS, VIETNAM.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated), 1 syntype queen.
- Type-localities: Laos: Pakvet (V. de Salvaza), Laos: Luang Prabang (V. de Salvaza), Laos: Thatom (V. de Salvaza), Vietnam: Tonkin, Doplers (V. de Salvaza).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- [Also described as new by Santschi, 1924c: 100.]
- [Misspelled as laotima by Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 68, Chapman & Capco, 1951: 159.]
- Combination in Carebara: Fischer, et al. 2014: 71.
- Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 119 (error).
- Subspecies of diversa: Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 68; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 159; Bolton, 1995b: 333; Zhou, Zhao & Jia, 2006: 870 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 51; Jaitrong, Guénard, et al. 2016: 34.
- Distribution: China, Laos, Vietnam.
Description
References
- Brassard, F., Leong, C.-M., Chan, H.-H., Guénard, B. 2021. High diversity in urban areas: How comprehensive sampling reveals high ant species richness within one of the most urbanized regions of the world. Diversity 13, 358 (doi:10.3390/d13080358).
- Fischer, G., Azorsa, F. & Fisher, B.L. 2014. The ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): synonymisation of Pheidologeton Mayr under Carebara, establishment and revision of the C. polita species group. ZooKeys 438: 57–112.
- 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).
- Santschi, F. 1920h. Fourmis d'Indo-Chine. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 60: 158-176 (page 162, soldier, worker, queen described)