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Carebara latro
| Carebara latro | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. latro |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara latro (Santschi, 1937)
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (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
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Syntype of Carebara latro. Worker. Specimen code casent0913510. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- latro. Oligomyrmex (Oligomyrmex) latro Santschi, 1937g: 81, fig. 6a-e (s.w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated, “several”).
- Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Eala, v.1936, no. 2.648 (J. Ghesquière).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
- Status as species: Weber, 1950a: 11; Ettershank, 1966: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 299.
- Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.
Description
References
- Fernández, F. 2004a. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymentoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia 26(1): 191-238 (page 235, Combination in Carebara)
- Santschi, F. 1937g. Fourmis du Congo et régions limitrophes. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 30: 71-85 (page 81, fig. 6 soldier, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Weber N. A. 1950. The African species of the genus Oligomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1442: 1-19.