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Carebara robertsoni
| Carebara robertsoni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. robertsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara robertsoni (Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -25.56666667° to -25.56667°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa (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.
- robertsoni. Paedalgus robertsoni Bolton & Belshaw, 1993: 188, fig. 1 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 27 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens.
- Type-locality: holotype South Africa: Transvaal, Weltevreden Farm (= Pullen’s Farm), 25°34’S, 31°11’E, 22.vii.1987, SAM-HYM.COOO412 (H.G. Robertson); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: SAMC (holotype); BMNH, MCZC, MHNG, NHMB, SAMC (paratypes).
- Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 311.
- Distribution: South Africa.
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 188, fig. 1 worker, queen 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
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection