Carebara jiangxiensis

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

Identification

This species is allied to Carebara wheeleri, but the soldiers differ from the latter in the posterior corner of head having no acute teeth, the dorsum of the propodeum being longer than the posterior face, and the mandibles with 5 teeth. The colour of the two species is also different.

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.

• jiangxiensis. Oligomyrmex jiangxiensis Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 75, 194, figs. 91, 94 (s.w.) CHINA (Jiangxi).
  • Type-material: holotype major worker, 2 paratype major workers, 3 paratype minor workers.
  • Type-locality: holotype China: Jiangxi Prov., Fenyi County, 10.ix.1989 (C. Wang); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depository: CAFB.
  • Combination in Carebara: Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 41.
  • Status as species: Xu, 2003: 312 (in key) ; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 41.
  • Distribution: China.

Type Material

• Holotype, major worker, Fenyi County of Jaingxi Province, China, 10 September 1989, Wang Changlu, Chinese Academy of Forestry.
• Paratype, 2 major workers, 3 minor workers, Fenyi County of Jaingxi Province, China, 10 November 1989, Wang Changlu, Chinese Academy of Forestry.

References

• Liu, C., Fischer, G., Hita Garcia, F., Yamane, S., Liu, Q., Peng, Y.Q., Economo, E.P., Guénard, B., Pierce, N.E. 2020. Ants of the Hengduan Mountains: a new altitudinal survey and updated checklist for Yunnan Province highlight an understudied insect biodiversity hotspot. ZooKeys 978, 1–171 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.978.55767).
• 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.