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Carebara leei
| Carebara leei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. leei |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara leei (Forel, 1902)
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India (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 leei. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0908907. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- leei. Oligomyrmex leei Forel, 1902c: 216 (q.) INDIA (Karnataka).
- Type-material: syntype queens (number not stated).
- Type-locality: India: Mysore (Lee).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in O. (Oligomyrmex): Emery, 1924d: 218;
- combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
- Status as species: Forel, 1903a: 690; Bingham, 1903: 155; Emery, 1924d: 218; Ettershank, 1966: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 299; Tiwari, 1999: 58; Bharti & Kumar, 2013b: 64 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 34.
- Distribution: India.
Description
References
- Bharti, H., Kumar, R. 2013. Six new species of Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with restructuring of world species groups and a key to Indian species. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 15(1), 47-67.
- 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)
- Forel, A. 1902c. Myrmicinae nouveaux de l'Inde et de Ceylan. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 165-249 (page 216, queen described)