Carebara diversa standfussi

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Carebara diversa standfussi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Carebara
Species: C. diversa
Subspecies: C. diversa standfussi
Trinomial name
Carebara diversz standfussi
(Forel, 1911)

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Guinea (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.

  • standfussi. Pheidologeton diversus subsp. standfussi Forel, 1911d: 386 (w.) GUINEA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Guinea: (no further data) (“received from Zürich museum with termites from Guinea”).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in Carebara: Fischer, et al. 2014: 71.
    • Subspecies of diversa: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 880; Emery, 1924d: 212; Ettershank, 1966: 119; Bolton, 1995b: 334.
    • Distribution: Guinea.

Description

References

  • 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.
  • Forel, A. 1911f. Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 47: 331-400 (page 386, worker described)