Carebara wheeleri

Carebara wheeleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Carebara
Species:	C. wheeleri
Binomial name
Carebara wheeleri (Ettershank, 1966)
Synonyms
Oligomyrmex silvestrii Wheeler, W.M., 1928

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Carebara of China
• Key to Carebara soldiers of China
• Key to Carebara workers of China

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China (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.

• silvestrii. Oligomyrmex silvestrii Wheeler, W.M. 1928c: 23 (s.w.) CHINA (Hong Kong).
  • Type-material: 8 syntype major workers, syntype minor workers (number not stated, “numerous”).
  • Type-locality: China: Hong Kong (F. Silvestri).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • [Junior secondary homonym of Aneleus silvestrii Santschi, 1914d: 357.]
  • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 69; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 158; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 41 (error).
  • Replacement name: Oligomyrmex wheeleri Ettershank, 1966: 124.
• wheeleri. Oligomyrmex wheeleri Ettershank, 1966: 124.
  • Replacement name for Oligomyrmex silvestrii Wheeler, 1928c: 23. [Junior secondary homonym of Aneleus silvestrii Santschi, 1914d: 357.]
  • Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 300; Xu, 2003: 311 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 41.
  • Distribution: China.

References

• 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, Replacement name for Oligomyrmex silvestrii Wheeler)
• 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)
• Hosoishi, S., Yamane, S., Sokh, H. 2022. Discovery of a new phragmotic species of the ant genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Cambodia. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 91: 357–374 (doi:10.3897/jhr.91.82490).
• Liu, C., Fischer, G., Hita Garcia, F., Yamane, S., Liu, Q., Peng, Y.Q., Economo, E.P., Guénard, B., Pierce, N.E. 2020. Ants of the Hengduan Mountains: a new altitudinal survey and updated checklist for Yunnan Province highlight an understudied insect biodiversity hotspot. ZooKeys 978, 1–171 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.978.55767).
• Liu, Z., Zhong, Y., Huang, Y., Ran, H., Song, F. 2024. A new ant species of the genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) with a key to Chinese species. ZooKeys 1190, 1–37 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1190.110552).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1928c. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in China. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 22: 3-38 (page 23, Replaced name)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
• Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
• Hua Li-zhong. 2006. List of Chinese insects Vol. IV. Pages 262-273. Sun Yat-sen university Press, Guangzhou. 539 pages.
• Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
• Wheeler W. M. 1928. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in China. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 22: 3-38.
• Wheeler W. M. 1930. A list of the known Chinese ants. Peking Natural History Bulletin 5: 53-81.
• Xu Z. 2003. A systematic study on Chinese species of the ant genus Oligomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 28(2): 310-322.