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Carebara peruviana
| Carebara peruviana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. peruviana |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara peruviana (Emery, 1906)
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Identification
Fernández (2004) - A member of the Carebara concinna species complex. From Emery’s (1906) description: “Resembles Erebomyrma longii Wheeler in color and sculpture. Petiole and lower part of thorax mostly reddish; fine rugae on head and thorax with indistinct punctures behind rugae. Head is parallel-sided, subrectangular, longer than wide. Antennae short, particularly the scape which is barely thickened. Propodeum armed with blunt tooth. Petiole less wide than postpetiole, petiolar node thick, “scame” shaped, depressed above (not hollowed posteriorly, as in E. longii); postpetiole transverse oval. Wings as in E. longii, the radial cell as in this species, but longer. Length 7 mm, wing length 7 mm”.
It was not possible to examine type material for this species, described on the basis of two females collected in Peru. Judging by Emery’s meager description, it is reasonable to suppose that these females are in some way associated with Carebara longii and therefore having 11-segmented antennae; the author probably would have mentioned it if they were 9-segmented. From the description, it can also be inferred that the petiole posteriorly is unlike that of C. longii or Carebara urichi (concave and with transverse carinae). C. peruviana is apparently different from both. The taxonomic status of this species can only be clarified by observing the type specimens.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Peru (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
Queen
Images from AntWeb
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| Syntype of Carebara peruviana. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0904673. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- peruviana. Erebomyrma peruviana Emery, 1906c: 139 (footnote) (q.) PERU.
- Type-material: 2 syntype queens.
- Type-locality: Peru: Marcapata (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Combination in Erebomyrma: Wilson, 1962a: 63; Brandão, 1991: 343;
- combination in Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 124; Bolton, 1995b: 300;
- combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 204.
- Status as species: Emery, 1924d: 219; Wilson, 1962a: 63; Ettershank, 1966: 124; Kempf, 1972a: 173; Brandão, 1991: 343; Bolton, 1995b: 300; Fernández, 2004a: 204; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 115.
- Distribution: Peru.
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.
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 300, Combination in Oligomyrmex)
- Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 35: 319-412 (page 343, Combination in Erebomyrma)
- Emery, C. 1906c [1905]. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XXVI. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 37: 107-194 (page 139, (footnote) queen described)
- 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 204, fig. 10 Combination in Carebara; worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bezdeckova K., P. Bedecka, and I. Machar. 2015. A checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Peru. Zootaxa 4020 (1): 101–133.
- Brandao, C.R.F. 1991. Adendos ao catalogo abreviado das formigas da regiao neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 35: 319-412.
- Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
- Fernández F. 2004. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia 26: 191-238.
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Wheeler W. M. 1908. The ants of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. (Part I.). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24: 399-485.