Carebara pilosa

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Carebara pilosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Carebara
Species: C. pilosa
Binomial name
Carebara pilosa
Fernández, 2004

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Specimen Labels

Nothing is known about the biology of Carebara pilosa.

Identification

Fernández (2004) - A member of the Carebara escherichi species complex. Very similar to Carebara brasiliana. C. pilosa has more hairs on the body, several long hairs on mid and hind tibiae, the clypeal carinae are straight, and the propodeal spiracle is higher.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -13.83333333° to -27.18555556°.

   
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • pilosa. Carebara pilosa Fernández, 2004a: 227, figs. 8D-E, 11 (w.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina, São Paulo).
    • Type-material: holotype worker, 6 paratype workers.
    • Type-locality: holotype Brazil: Nova Teutonia, 27°11’08’’S, 52°23’W, 300-500 m., i.1957 (F. Plaumann); paratypes: 4 workers Brazil: Nova Teutonia, iii.1971, no. 7863 (F. Plaumann), 2 workers São Paulo, Juquitiba, 30.x.1960, no. 3627 (W.W. Kempf).
    • Type-depositories: MZSP (holotype); BMNH, IAVH, MCZC, MIZA, MZSP, USNM (paratypes).
    • Distribution: Brazil.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Fernández (2004) - Holotype (Paratype): HW 0.31 (0.30); HL 0.38 (0.37); SL 0.21 (0.19); PW 0.18; WL 0.34 (0.32); GL 0.38 (0.35); TL 1.28; CI 82; SI 68.

As Carebara inca with the following differences:

Median portion of clypeus longitudinally bicarinate, the carinae with sides nearly parallel. A longitudinal and less narrow stripe, sub-opaque. Eyes reduced to 2 ommatidia. Propodeal spiracle lower, near and above the bullae of metapleural gland.; dorsum of promesonotum densely reticulated, as well as sloping face of propodeum. Dorsum of head with dense short curved pubescence, less on promesonotum, a little on legs, dorsum of petiole, and postpetiole; absent in first tergum. Long hairs (more than 0.063 mm) distributed as follows: about eight in the clypeal area; about 30 on head dorsum; about 16 on promesonotal dorsum (the most external 0.1 mm); two on propodeal dorsum; 6-8 on mid and hind tibiae; two long and four short on the petiole, two long and several short on the postpetiole, moderately abundant on tergal dorsum.

Type Material

Holotype worker. BRAZIL. Nova Teutonia, 27°11’08”S 52°23’W, 300-500m, Ene 1957, F. Plaumann, deposited in Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo. Paratypes. BRAZIL. Nova Teutonia, 4 works, Mar 1971, F. Plaumann No. 7863; São Paulo: 2 workers, Juquitiba, 30 Oct 1960, W. W. Kempf No. 3627, The Natural History Museum, Humboldt Institute, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Instituto de Zoologia Agricola, MZSP and National Museum of Natural History.

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Fernández F. 2004. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia 26: 191-238.
  • Resende J. J., G. M. de M. Santos, I. C. do Nascimento, J. H. C. Delabie, and E. M. da Silva. 2011. Communities of ants (Hymenoptera – Formicidae) in different Atlantic rain forest phytophysionomies. Sociobiology 58(3): 779-799.
  • Siqueira de Castro F., A. B. Gontijo, P. de Tarso Amorim Castro, and S. Pontes Ribeiro. 2012. Annual and Seasonal Changes in the Structure of Litter-Dwelling Ant Assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Atlantic Semideciduous Forests. Psyche doi:10.1155/2012/959715
  • Ulyssea M. A., C. R. F. Brandao. 2013. Catalogue of Dacetini and Solenopsidini ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Papies Avulsos de Zoologia 53(14): 187-209.
  • Ulyssea M.A., C. E. Cereto, F. B. Rosumek, R. R. Silva, and B. C. Lopes. 2011. Updated list of ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) recorded in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil, with a discussion of research advances and priorities. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 55(4): 603-–611.