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Carebara solitaria
| Carebara solitaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. solitaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara solitaria (Stitz, 1910) | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Togo (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.
- solitaria. Pheidologeton solitarius Stitz, 1910: 141 (q.) TOGO.
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: Togo: Sokode Basau (Schröder).
- Type-depository: MNHU.
- Combination in Carebara: Fischer, et al. 2014: 72.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 880; Emery, 1924d: 213; Ettershank, 1966: 119; Bolton, 1995b: 333.
- Distribution: Togo.
Description
References
- 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.
- Stitz, H. 1910. Westafrikanische Ameisen. I. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. 5: 125-151 (page 141, queen described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Stitz H. 1910. Westafrikanische Ameisen. I. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5: 125-151.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. 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. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004