Carebara rugata

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Carebara rugata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Carebara
Species: C. rugata
Binomial name
Carebara rugata
(Forel, 1913)

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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.

  • rugata. Oligomyrmex rugatus Forel, 1913k: 60 (s.m.) INDONESIA (Java).
    • Type-material: syntype major workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: Indonesia: Java, Tjibodas, 4000 ft, 1911-12 (v. Buttel-Reepen).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in O. (Oligomyrmex): Emery, 1924d: 218;
    • combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1924d: 218; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 157; Ettershank, 1966: 124; Bolton, 1995b: 300.
    • Distribution: Indonesia (Java).

Description

References

  • 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)
  • Forel, A. 1913l. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Her (page 60, soldier, male described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics