Carebara viehmeyeri

Carebara viehmeyeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Carebara
Species:	C. viehmeyeri
Binomial name
Carebara viehmeyeri (Mann, 1919) Syntype Specimen Label

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -10.444° to -10.551088°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Solomon Islands (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.

• viehmeyeri. Oligomyrmex viehmeyeri Mann, 1919: 331, fig. 25 (s.w.q.m.) SOLOMON IS (San Cristobal).
  • Type-material: syntype major workers, syntype minor workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated, “a series taken from several colonies”).
  • Type-locality: Solomon Is: San Cristobal I. (= Makira I.), Wai-ai, 19.v.-24.xi.1916 (W.M. Mann).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Combination in Aneleus: Wheeler, W.M. 1927h: 96 (in text);
  • combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
  • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 27; Ettershank, 1966: 124; Bolton, 1995b: 300; Sarnat, et al. 2013: 71.
  • Distribution: Solomon Is.

References

• 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)
• Mann, W. M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63: 273-391 (page 331, fig. 25 soldier, worker, queen, male described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Mann William. 1916. The Ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 63(7): 273-391
• Mann, W.M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard College 63: 273-391
• Wheeler W.M. 1935. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
• Wheeler, William Morton.1935.Checklist of the Ants of Oceania.Occasional Papers 11(11): 3-56