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Carebara mjobergi
| Carebara mjobergi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. mjobergi |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara mjobergi (Forel, 1915)
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -20.578928° to -28.398°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (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 mjobergi. Worker. Specimen code casent0908909. 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.
- mjobergi. Oligomyrmex mjobergi Forel, 1915b: 69, pl. 1, fig. 4 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Malanda (E. Mjöberg).
- Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG (perhaps also NHRS).
- Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1954a: 140 (l.); Wheeler, G.C.& Wheeler, J. 1973a: 33 (l.).
- Combination in O. (Oligomyrmex): Emery, 1924d: 218;
- combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
- Status as species: Emery, 1924d: 218; Ettershank, 1966: 124; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 72; Taylor, 1987a: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 299.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Oligomyrmex mjobergi Forel, 1915: Syntype, 3 workers, Malanda, Queensland, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
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)
- Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(1 16: 1-119 (page 69, pl. 1, fig. 4 soldier, worker described)
- Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1954a [1953]. The ant larvae of the myrmicine tribe Pheidologetini. Psyche (Camb.) 60: 129-147 (page 140, larva described)
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1973a. The ant larvae of six tribes: second supplement (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). J. Ga. Entomol. Soc. 8: 27-39 (page 33, larva described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.