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Carebara pumilia
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. pumilia |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara pumilia Fischer, Azorsa & Fisher, 2014
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| Synonyms | |
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Liu et al. (2024) note that this species does not occur in China (as previously reported).
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -19.18333° to -19.18333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Mozambique (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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- nanus. Oligomyrmex (Aeromyrma) nanus Santschi, 1919a: 338, fig. 3 (s.w.) MOZAMBIQUE.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Mozambique (“Est africain portugais”): Amatongas Forest, ix.1917 (G. Arnold).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- [Junior secodary homonym of Pheidologeton nanus Roger, 1863a: 191.]
- Combination in Aeromyrma: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 882;
- combination in Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 124;
- combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 882; Arnold, 1926: 234; Weber, 1952a: 12 (in key); Ettershank, 1966: 124; Bolton, 1995b: 299.
- Replacement name: Carebara pumilia Fischer, et al. 2014: 72.
- pumilia. Carebara pumilia Fischer, et al. 2014: 72.
- Replacement name for Oligomyrmex (Aeromyrma) nanus Santschi, 1919a: 338. [Junior secondary homonym of Pheidologeton nanus Roger, 1863a: 191.]
- Distribution: Mozambique.
Description
References
- 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 235, Combination in Carebara)
- Fischer, G., Azorsa, F. & Fisher, B.L. 2014. The ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): synonymisation of Pheidologeton Mayr under Carebara, establishment and revision of the C. polita species group. ZooKeys 438: 57–112.
- 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).
- Santschi, F. 1919a. Cinq notes myrmécologiques. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 52: 325-350 (page 338, fig. 3 soldier, worker described)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 882, Combination in Aeromyrma)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection