Carebara hostilis
Carebara hostilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Carebara |
Species: | C. hostilis |
Binomial name | |
Carebara hostilis (Smith, F., 1858) |
As noted by Wheeler (1922a: 880), this species has 12-segmented antennae and therefore cannot belong to Carebara.
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa (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.
- hostilis. Atta hostilis Smith, F. 1858b: 165 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Type-material: syntype worker(s), syntype queen (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: South Africa: Port Natal (= Durban) (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- Combination in Pheidologeton: Mayr, 1866b: 899;
- combination in Carebara: Fischer, et al. 2014: 72.
- [Note: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 880, states that the combination in Pheidologton must be incorrect (as also must the combination in Carebara), because the species has 12-segmented antennae.]
- Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 396; Mayr, 1866b: 899 (redescription); Dalla Torre, 1893: 73; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 880; Emery, 1924d: 213; Ettershank, 1966: 119; Bolton, 1995b: 333.
- Distribution: South Africa.
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.
- Mayr, G. 1866b. Diagnosen neuer und wenig gekannter Formiciden. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 16: 885-908 (page 899, Combination in Pheidologeton)
- Smith, F. 1858b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. (page 165, worker, queen described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.