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Carebara guineana
| Carebara guineana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. guineana |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara guineana Fernández, 2006
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| Synonyms | |
Identification
Distribution
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. |
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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.
- silvestrii. Carebara silvestrii Santschi, 1914d: 362, fig. 23 (w.) GUINEA, SENEGAL.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-localities: Guinea (“Guinée française”): Mamou (F. Silvestri) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 883; no lectotype designated), Senegal: Thies (F. Silvestri).
- Type-depository: NHMB (perhaps also DEUN).
- [Junior secondary homonym of Aneleus silvestrii Santschi, 1914d: 357.]
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 172 (in key), 883; Emery, 1924d: 220; Ettershank, 1966: 127; Bolton, 1995b: 133.
- Replacement name: Carebara guineana Fernández, 2006: 99.
- guineana. Carebara guineana Fernández, 2006: 99.
- Replacement name for Carebara silvestrii Santschi, 1914d: 362. [Junior secondary homonym of Aneleus silvestrii Santschi, 1914d: 357.]
- Distribution: Guinea, Senegal.
Description
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- 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