Carebara gustavmayri

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Pheidologeton gustavmayri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Carebara
Species: C. gustavmayri
Binomial name
Carebara gustavmayri
Fischer, Azorsa & Fisher, 2014
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Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Namibia.

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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • mayri. Pheidologeton mayri Santschi, 1928f: 201 (q.) (no state data).
    • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
    • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
    • Type-locality: Namibia (“Südafrika”): Swakop River (no collector’s name).
    • [Note: this taxon is based on the single (?) worker of Pheidologeton hostilis (F. Smith), sensu Mayr, 1866b: 899, misidentification. In the original entry Santschi, 1928f: 201, refers to Mayr, 1862, but hostilis does not occur in that publication.]
    • Type-depository: NHMW.
    • [Junior secondary homonym of Tranopelta mayri Forel, 1901h: 61.]
    • Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 119; Bolton, 1995b: 333.
    • Replacement name: Carebara gustavmayri Fischer, et al. 2014: 71.
  • gustavmayri. Carebara gustavmayri Fischer, et al. 2014: 71.
    • Replacement name for Pheidologeton mayri Santschi, 1928f: 201. [Junior secondary homonym of Tranopelta mayri Forel, 1901h: 61.]
    • Distribution: Namibia.

Description

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