.jpg){kind=logo}
Carebara pisinna
| Carebara pisinna | |
|---|---|
| |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. pisinna |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara pisinna (Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)
| |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -1.233333° to -1.233333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Kenya (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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. |
|
Biology
Castes
Images from AntWeb
| |
| Holotype of Carebara pisinna. Worker. Specimen code casent0902374. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- pisinna. Paedalgus pisinnus Bolton & Belshaw, 1993: 187, fig. 5 (w.m.) KENYA.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 8 paratype workers, 4 paratype males.
- Type-locality: holotype Kenya: Ruaraka, 17.xi.1983 (J. Darlington); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: BMNH (holotype); BMNH, MCZC, MHNG, SAMC (paratypes).
- Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 311; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 209.
- Distribution: Kenya.
Description
References
- Bolton, B.; Belshaw, R. 1993. Taxonomy and biology of the supposedly lestobiotic ant genus Paedalgus (Hym.: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 18: 181-189 (page 187, fig. 5 worker, male described)
- Fernández, F. 2004a. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymentoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia 26(1): 191-238 (page 235, new combination in Carebara)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Garcia F.H., Wiesel E. and Fischer G. 2013.The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History, 101(2): 127-222