Carebara vespillo

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Carebara vespillo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Carebara
Species: C. vespillo
Binomial name
Carebara vespillo
(Wheeler, W.M., 1921)

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Vietnam.
Palaearctic Region: China (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.

  • vespillo. Pheidologeton vespillo Wheeler, W.M. 1921c: 533 (s.w.) CHINA (Zhejiang).
    • Type-material: 9 syntype major worker, 2 syntype minor workers.
    • Type-locality: China: Mokanshan (N.G. Gee).
    • Type-depository: MCZC.
    • Combination in Carebara: Fischer, et al. 2014: 72.
    • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 69; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 161; Ettershank, 1966: 119; Wu, J. & Wang, 1992: 1308; Bolton, 1995b: 334; Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 73; Tang, J., Li, et al. 1995: 78; Zhou, Zhao & Jia, 2006: 871 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 51.
    • Distribution: China.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Cheng D., Z. Chen, and S. Zhou. 2015. An analysis on the ant fauna of Jinzhongshan Nature Reserve in Gunagxi, China. Journal of Guangxi Normal University: Natural Science Edition 33(3): 129.137.
  • Eguchi K.; Bui T. V.; Yamane S. 2011. Generic synopsis of the Formicidae of Vietnam (Insecta: Hymenoptera), part I — Myrmicinae and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa 2878: 1-61.
  • Guo Z. C., R. J. Zhang, and S. Y. Zhou. 2015. A fauna of Formicidae in Jigong Mountain Nature Reserve in Henan Province, China. Journal of Guangxi Normal University: Natural Science Edition 33(1): 146-151.
  • Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
  • Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
  • Wheeler W. M. 1930. A list of the known Chinese ants. Peking Natural History Bulletin 5: 53-81.
  • Yamane S. 2003. Preliminary survey on the distribution pattern of southeast Asian Pheidologeton species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 73-86 in: Mohamed, M.; Fellowes, J. R.; Yamane, S. (eds.) 2003. Proceedings of the 2nd ANeT workshop and seminar. Kota Kinabalu: Universiti Malaysia Sabah
  • Yamane S.; Bui T. V.; Ogata K.; Okido H.; Eguchi K. 2002. Ant fauna of Cuc Phuong National Park, North Vietnam (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Institute of Tropical Agriculture Kyushu University 25: 51-62.
  • Zhou S. Y., S. Zhao, and F. L. Jia. 2006. A taxonomic study on the ant genus Pheidologeton Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 31(4): 870-873