Carebara sarasinorum

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Carebara sarasinorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Carebara
Species: C. sarasinorum
Binomial name
Carebara sarasinorum
(Emery, 1901)

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), Sulawesi.

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.

  • sarasinorum. Pheidologeton (Aneleus) sarasinorum Emery, 1901g: 578, fig. D (s.w.q.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi).
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi (“Celebes”), Tomohon (P. & F. Sarasin).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • [P. (A.) sarasinorum Emery, 1900c: 327 (in list). Nomen nudum.]
    • Combination in Aneleus (Aneleus): Emery, 1924d: 214;
    • combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1924d: 214; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 154; Ettershank, 1966: 124; Bolton, 1995b: 300.
    • Distribution: Indonesia (Sulawesi).

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1901i. Formiciden von Celebes. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 14: 565-580 (page 578, fig. D soldier, 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, Combination in Carebara)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
  • Emery C. 1900. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio secunda. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23: 310-338.
  • Emery C. 1901. Formiciden von Celebes. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 14:565-580.
  • Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.