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Carebara elmenteitae
| Carebara elmenteitae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. elmenteitae |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara elmenteitae (Patrizi, 1948)
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Known from a limited number of specimens from Ivory Coast, Ghana and Kenya. Carebara elmenteitae is one of a small number of species in the diverse genus Carebara that is known to have phragmatic workers (the others being Carebara lilith and Carebara phragmotica.
| At a Glance | • Phragmotic |
Identification
A member of the Carebara phragmotica clade.
Fisher et al. (2015) - Phragmotic worker (minor and major worker unknown): Head with strongly defined oval cephalic shield, anterolaterally with lobes covering antennae when in repose, mandibles small, clypeus with straight anterior margin and median carina, and anterolateral clypeal lobes either absent or hidden under cephalic shield lobes. Dorsal face of cephalic shield concave, with irregular rugulae or shallow ridges.
From the drawings phragmotic workers of Carebara elmenteitae can be easily differentiated from those of the Carebara lilith and Carebara phragmotica because of the sculpture inside the cephalic shield: Carebara elmenteitae with irregular rugulae or shallow ridges, Carebara lilith punctate and with cone-shaped, gland-like structures present, and Carebara phragmotica with two subparallel, conspicuously elevated ridges in center of cephalic shield (see also C. lilith and C. phragmotica diagnoses and discussions).
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 6.5° to -0.317°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Ivory Coast, Kenya (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. |
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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
 Carebara elmenteitae Fischer et al. 2015. Figure 3. Original drawings reproduced from Patrizi, 1948. |
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X-ray micro-CT scan 3D model of Carebara elmenteitae (worker) prepared by the Economo lab at OIST.
Phragmotic major worker head. See on Sketchfab. See list of 3D images.
Carebara X-ray micro-CT scan 3D model of Carebara elmenteitae (major worker) prepared by the Economo lab at OIST.
See on Sketchfab. See list of 3D images.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- elmenteitae. Solenopsis (Crateropsis) elmenteitae Patrizi, 1948: 176, figs. 1, 2 (q.) KENYA.
- Type-material: holotype phragmotic major worker.
- [Note: Patrizi, 1948: 176, states that the holotype is a queen (“femmina”), adding “maschio ed operaia ignoti”. The specimen described is actually a phragmotic major worker.]
- Type-locality: Kenya: (Lake) Elmenteita, 20.xii.1945 (S. Patrizi).
- Type-depository: IEUB.
- Combination in Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 123;
- combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
- Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 299; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 208; Fischer, et al. 2015: 93 (redescription).
- Distribution: Kenya.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Type Material
Fisher et al. (2015) - KENYA. Holotype (IEGG) (Lake) Elmenteita, 20.xii.1945 (Patrizi) [not examined].
References
- Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 123, Combination in Oligomyrmex)
- Fischer, G., Zorsa, F., Hita Garcia, F., Mikheyev, A. and Economo, E. 2015. Two new phragmotic ant species from Africa: morphology and next-generation sequencing solve a caste association problem in the genus Carebara Westwood. ZooKeys. 525:77–105.
- 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)
- Patrizi, S. 1948. Contribuzioni alla conoscenza delle formiche e dei mirmecofili dell'Africa orientale. VI. Crateropsis elmenteitae nuovo sottogenere aberrante di Solenopsis Westw. (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Boll. Ist. Entomol. Univ. Studi Bologna 17: 174-176. (page 176, figs. 1, 2 soldier described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Fischer G. F. Azorsa, F. Hita Garcia, A. S. Mikheyev, and E. P. Economo. Two new phragmotic ant species from Africa: morphology and next-generation sequencing solve a caste association problem in the genus Carebara Westwood. Zookeys 525: 77-105.
- Garcia F.H., Wiesel E. and Fischer G. 2013.The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History, 101(2): 127-222
- Kone M., S. Konate, K. Yeo, P. K. Kouassi, and K. E. Linsenmair. 2012. Changes in ant communities along an age gradient of cocoa cultivation in the Oumé region, central Côte dIvoire. Entomological Science 15: 324339.
- Patrizi S. 1948. Contribuzioni alla conoscenza delle formiche e dei mirmecofili dell'Africa orientale. VI. Crateropsis elmenteitae nuovo sottogenere aberrante di Solenopsis Westw. (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Bollettino dell'Istituto di Entomologia della Università degli Studi di Bologna 17: 174-176.
- Yeo K., L. M. M. Kouakou, W. Dekoninck, K. Ouattara, and S. Konate. 2016. Detecting intruders: assessment of the anthropophilic ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the city of Abidjan and along access roads in Banco National Park (Côte d’Ivoire). Journal of Entomology and Zoological Studies 4(4): 351-359.
- Yeo K., T. Delsinne, S. Komate, L. L. Alonso, D. Aidara, and C. Peeters. 2016. Diversity and distribution of ant assemblages above and below ground in a West African forest–savannah mosaic (Lamto, Cote d’Ivoire). Insectes Sociaux DOI 10.1007/s00040-016-0527-6