Carebara frontalis
Carebara frontalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Carebara |
Species: | C. frontalis |
Binomial name | |
Carebara frontalis (Weber, 1950) |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- frontalis. Oligomyrmex frontalis Weber, 1950a: 10, figs. 5, 6, 8 (s.w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: syntype major workers, syntype minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Ituri Forest, 78 mi. N Beni, no. 2132 (N.A. Weber).
- Type-depository: AMNH.
- Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
- Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 299.
- Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.
Description
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)
- Weber, N. A. 1950a. The African species of the genus Oligomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1442: 1-19 (page 10, figs. 55, 6, 8 soldier, worker described)