Carebara pseudolusciosa

Carebara pseudolusciosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Carebara
Species:	C. pseudolusciosa
Binomial name
Carebara pseudolusciosa (Wu, J. & Wang, C., 1995)

Identification

This species resembles Carebara lusciosa, but differs in colour, the more convex and rounded promesonotum in the major worker, and in having distinct eyes in the minor worker.

Keys including this Species

• Key to Carebara of China
• Key to Carebara soldiers of China
• Key to Carebara workers of China

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China (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.

• pseudolusciosa. Oligomyrmex pseudolusciosus Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 76, 195, figs. 92, 95 (s.w.q.) CHINA (Hubei, Anhui).
  • Type-material: holotype major worker, 2 paratype major worker, 5 paratype minor workers, 2 paratype queens.
  • Type-locality: holotype China: Hubei Prov., Wuhan City, 13.xi.1990 (C. Xu); paratypes: 1 major worker, 3 minor workers, 2 queens with same data, 1 major worker, 2 minor workers China: Anhui Prov., Qianshan County, Mt Tianzhushan, 28.v.1990 (C. Wang).
  • Type-depository: CAFB.
  • Combination in Carebara: Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 41.
  • Status as species: Xu, 2003: 311 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 41.
  • Distribution: China.

Type Material

• Holotype, major worker, Wuhan City of Hubei Province, China, 13 November 1990, Xu Chang, Chinese Academy of Forestry.
• Paratype, 1 major worker, 3 minor workers, 2 queens, Wuhan City of Hubei Province, China, 13 November 1990, Xu Chang, Chinese Academy of Forestry.
• Paratype, 1 major worker, 2 minor workers, Mt. Tianzhushan, Qianshan County, Anhui Province, China, 28 May 1990, Wang Changlu, Chinese Academy of Forestry; collected in soil.

References

• Liu, Z., Zhong, Y., Huang, Y., Ran, H., Song, F. 2024. A new ant species of the genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) with a key to Chinese species. ZooKeys 1190, 1–37 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1190.110552).
• Wu, J., Wang, C. 1995. The ants of China. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House, x + 214 pp.