Carebara menozzii

Carebara menozzii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Carebara
Species:	C. menozzii
Binomial name
Carebara menozzii (Ettershank, 1966)
Synonyms
Aneleus eidmanni Menozzi, 1942

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Equatorial Guinea (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.

• eidmanni. Aneleus eidmanni Menozzi, 1942: 170, fig. 1 (s.w.q.) EQUATORIAL GUINEA (Bioko).
  • Type-material: 2 syntype major workers, syntype minor workers (number not stated, “some”), 1 syntype queen.
  • Type-locality: Equatorial Guinea (“Spanish Guinea”): Fernando Po I. (= Bioko I.), Musola, 9.ix.1939 (H. Eidmann).
  • [Note: type-data from Eidmann, 1944: 452 (Westafrika Expd. Eidmann 1939-40).]
  • Type-depository: IEUB.
  • [Also cited as new in Eidmann, 1944: 452.]
  • [Junior secondary homonym of Erebomyrma eidmanni Eidmann, 1936: 47.]
  • Replacement name: Oligomyrmex menozzii Ettershank, 1966: 124.
• menozzii. Oligomyrmex menozzii Ettershank, 1966: 124.
  • Replacement name for Aneleus eidmanni Menozzi, 1942: 170. [Junior secondary homonym of Erebomyrma eidmanni Eidmann, 1936: 47.]
  • Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 299.
  • Distribution: Equatorial Guinea.

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, Replacement name for Aneleus eidmanni Menozzi)
• 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)
• Menozzi, C. 1942a. Formiche dell'isola Fernando Poo e del territorio del Rio Muni (Guinea Spagnola). 24. Beitrag zu den wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen der Forschungsreise H. Eidmann nach Spanisch-Guinea 1939 bis 1940. Zool. Anz. 140: 164-182 (page 170, Replaced name)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Braet Y., and B. Taylor. 2008. Mission entomologique au Parc National de Pongara (Gabon). Bilan des Formicidae (Hymenoptera) recoltes. Bulletin S. R. B. E./K.B.V.E. 144: 157-169.
• Eidmann H. 1944. Die Ameisenfauna von Fernando Poo. 27. Beitrag zu den Ergebnissen der Westafrika-Expedition. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Ökol. Geogr. Tiere 76: 413-490.
• Menozzi C. 1942. Formiche dell'isola Fernando Poo e del territorio del Rio Muni (Guinea Spagnola). 24. Beitrag zu den wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen der Forschungsreise H. Eidmann nach Spanisch-Guinea 1939 bis 1940. Zoologischer Anzeiger 140: 164-182.