Carebara hunanensis

Carebara hunanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Carebara
Species:	C. hunanensis
Binomial name
Carebara hunanensis (Wu, J. & Wang, C., 1995)

Identification

This species resembles Carebara sauteri but can be distinguished from it by the straight notum of mesosoma and more ommatidia of eyes in the soldier, and propodeum having a pair of sharp teeth in the worker.

In Wu and Wang’s (1992) study, Carebara hunanensis was mistakenly identified as C. sauteri but was later corrected by Terayama (Wu and Wang 1995) (Liu et al., 2024).

Keys including this Species

• Key to Carebara of China
• Key to Carebara soldiers of China
• Key to Carebara workers of China

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China (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.

Nomenclature

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

• hunanensis. Oligomyrmex hunanensis Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 75, 193, figs. 90, 93 (s.w.) CHINA (Hunan).
  • Type-material: holotype major worker, 1 paratype major worker, 4 paratype minor workers.
  • Type-locality: holotype China: Hunan Prov., Yizhang County, 2.vi.1979 (S. Yin); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depository: CAFB.
  • Combination in Carebara: Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 41.
  • Status as species: Xu, 2003: 311 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 41.
  • Distribution: China.

Type Material

• Holotype, major worker, Yizhang County of Hunan Province, China, 2 June 1979, Yin Shicai, Chinese Academy of Forestry.
• Paratype, 1 major worker, 4 minor workers, Yizhang County of Hunan Province, China, 2 June 1979, Yin Shicai, Chinese Academy of Forestry.

References

• Liu, Z., Zhong, Y., Huang, Y., Ran, H., Song, F. 2024. A new ant species of the genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) with a key to Chinese species. ZooKeys 1190, 1–37 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1190.110552).
• Wu, J., Wang, C. 1995. The ants of China. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House, x + 214 pp.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.