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Carebara similis
| Carebara similis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. similis |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara similis (Mayr, 1862)
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Nicobar Island (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.
- similis. Solenopsis similis Mayr, 1862: 751 (w.) INDIA (Nicobar Is).
- Type-material: syntype minor workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: India: Nicobar Is, Kar Nicobar (Novara Expd.) (sent by R. von Frauenfeld).
- Type-depository: NHMW.
- Combination in Pheidologeton (Aneleus): Emery, 1900c: 327;
- combination in Aneleus (Aneleus): Emery, 1924d: 214;
- combination in Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 124;
- combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
- Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 32; Mayr, 1863: 454; Mayr, 1865: 109 (redescription); Mayr, 1870b: 996 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 77; Forel, 1903a: 691; Forel, 1903d: 405; Emery, 1924d: 214; Wheeler, W.M. 1924b: 246; Ettershank, 1966: 124; Bolton, 1995b: 300; Mohanraj, et al. 2010: 7; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 35.
- Distribution: India (Andaman Is, Nicobar Is), Indonesia (Prinsen I.).
Description
References
- Bharti, H., Kumar, R. 2013. Six new species of Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with restructuring of world species groups and a key to Indian species. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 15(1), 47-67.
- Emery, C. 1900b. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio secunda. Természetr. Füz. 23: 310-338 (page 327, Combination in Pheidologeton (Aneleus))
- Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 214, Combination in Aneleus)
- 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)
- Mayr, G. 1862. Myrmecologische Studien. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 12: 649-776 (page 751, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Mohanraj P., M. Ali, and K. Veerakumari. 2010. Formicidae of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal). Journal of Insect Science 10: Article 172
- Mohanraj, P., M. Ali and K. Veenakumari. 2010. Formicidae of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Indian Ocean: Bay Of Bengal). Journal of Insect Science 10:172.
- Wheeler, William Morton. 1924. Ants of Krakatau and Other Islands in the Sunda Strait. Treubia. 5(1-3):1-20.