Carebara sudanensis

Carebara sudanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Carebara
Species:	C. sudanensis
Binomial name
Carebara sudanensis (Weber, 1943)

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Sudan (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.

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.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• sudanensis. Paedalgus sudanensis Weber, 1943c: 365, pl. 15, figs. 12, 15 (q.) SOUTH SUDAN.
  • Type-material: holotype queen.
  • Type-locality: South Sudan (“Anglo-Egyptian Sudan”): E base of Imatong Mts, 22.vii.1939, no. 1293 (N.A. Weber).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
  • Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 129; Bolton & Belshaw, 1993: 188; Bolton, 1995b: 311.
  • Distribution: South Sudan.

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, see also)
• 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)
• Weber, N. A. 1943d. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389 (page 365, pl. 15, figs. 12, 15 queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Bolton B., and R. Belshaw. 1993. Taxonomy and biology of the supposedly lestobiotic ant genus Paedalgus (Hym.: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 18: 181-189.
• Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
• Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.