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Carebara lucida
| Carebara lucida | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. lucida |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara lucida (Santschi, 1917)
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Zimbabwe (type locality), Zimbabwe (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.
- lucida. Oligomyrmex (Aeromyrma) lucidus Santschi, 1917b: 284 (w.) ZIMBABWE.
- Type-material: holotype minor worker.
- Type-locality: Zimbabwe (“Rhodesia”): Bulawayo, Bunthorne mine (G. Arnold).
- Type-depository: SAMC.
- Combination in Aeromyrma: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 882;
- combination in Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 124;
- combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 882; Emery, 1924d: 216; Arnold, 1926: 237; Weber, 1952a: 12 (in key); Ettershank, 1966: 124; Bolton, 1995b: 299.
- Distribution: Zimbabwe.
Description
References
- Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 124, Combination in Oligomyrmex)
- 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. 1917b [1916]. Fourmis nouvelles de la Colonie du Cap, du Natal et de Rhodesia. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 85: 279-296 (page 284, worker described)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 882, Combination in Aeromyrma)