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Carebara melasolena
| Carebara melasolena | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. melasolena |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara melasolena (Zhou & Zheng, 1997)
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Identification
Liu et al. (2024) - The status of this species is somewhat ambiguous. In Zhou and Zheng (1997) and Zhou et al. (2006), this species can be distinguished from Carebara vespillo by the following characteristics: the coarse black line present in the median longitudinal groove of the head; postpetiolar node distinctly broader than long; and hairs sparser on the head and body. However, in Chen et al. (2021), C. vespillo was recorded with the presence of the black line. Accordingly, some former specimens of C. vespillo may have been misidentified as C. melasolena due to the presence of the black line. In Zhou and Zheng (1997), the authors pointed the postpetiolar node of C. melasolena is 1.5× broader than long, in Zhou et al. (2006) the node is 2× broader than long, maybe this ratio is a also an unstable morphological trait.
Above all, the features and separation of these two species needs further examination of the type specimens, it is possible that C. melasolena is a synonym of C. vespillo, but here we still list Carebara melasolena as a valid species based on former studies.
Keys including this Species
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. |
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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
Carebara melasolena has been collected from leaf litter in primary forest.
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- melasolena. Pheidologeton melasolenus Zhou & Zheng, 1997b: 163, figs. 1-3 (s.w.) CHINA (Guangxi).
- Type-material: holotype large major worker, 2 paratype large major workers, 15 paratype small major workers, 14 paratype minor workers.
- Type-locality: holotype China: Guangxi Prov., Jinxiu County, 24.ix.1995 (S. Zhou); paratypes: 5 small major workers, 8 minor workers with same data, 2 large major workers, 4 small major workers, 3 minor workers Guangxi Prov., Xin’an County, 25.vi.1994 (S. Zhou), 6 small major workers, 3 minor workers Guangxi Prov., Daming Mt, 30.x.1995 (S. Zhou).
- Type-depositories: SNUX (holotype); GNUC (paratypes).
- Combination in Carebara: Fischer, et al. 2014: 72.
- Status as species: Zhou, 2001b: 91; Zhang, W. & Zheng, 2002: 219; Zhou, Zhao & Jia, 2006: 871 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 51; Liu, C., Guénard, et al. 2015: 30.
- Distribution: China.
Description
References
- Brassard, F., Leong, C.-M., Chan, H.-H., Guénard, B. 2021. High diversity in urban areas: How comprehensive sampling reveals high ant species richness within one of the most urbanized regions of the world. Diversity 13, 358 (doi:10.3390/d13080358).
- Chen, Z.L., Yu, Z.M., Zhou, S.Y. 2021. Atlas of Ants in Huaping, Guangxi. Guangxi Normal University Press, 197 pp. [In Chinese]
- 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.
- 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, C.; Guénard, B.; Hita Garcia, F.; Yamane, S.; Blanchard, B.; Yang, D.-R.; Economo, E. 2015. New records of ant species from Yunnan, China. ZooKeys 477:17-78.
- 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).
- Zhou, S.; Zheng, Z. 1997b. A taxonomic study on the ant genus Pheidologeton Mayr in Guangxi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zool. Res. 18(2): 163-170 (page 163, figs. 1-3 soldier, worker described)
- Zhou, S.-Y., Zhao, S., Jia, F.-L. 2006. A taxonomic study on the ant genus Pheidologeton Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 31(4): 870-873.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Fellowes J. R., M. W. N. Lau, D. Dudgeon, G. T. Reels, G. W. J. Ades, G. J. Carey, B. P. L. Chan, R. C. Kendrick, L. K. Shing, M. R. Leven, K. D. P. Wilson, and Y. Y. Tung. 2002. Wild animals to watch: terrestrial and freshwater fauna of concervation concern in Hong Kong. Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society 25: 123-160.
- Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
- Huang Jian-hua, and Zhou Shan-yi. 2007. Checklist of Family Formicidae of China - Myrmicinae (Part III). (Insecta; Hymenoptera). Journal of Guangxi normal University: Natural Science Edition 25(3): 88-96.
- Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, 2001. Report of Rapid Biodiversity Assessments at Bawangling National Nature Reserve and Wangxia Limestone Forest, Western Hainan, 3 to 8 April 1998. South China Forest Biodiversity Survey Report Series (Online Simplified Version): No. 2. KFBG, Hong Kong SAR, ii + 28 pp.
- Liu C, B. Guénard, F Hita Garcia, S. Yamane, B. Blanchard, and E. Economo. New records of ant species from Yunnan, China. Submitted to Zookeys
- Skarbek C. J., M. Noack, H. Bruelheide, W. Hardtle, G. von Oheimb, T. Scholten, S. Seitz, M. Staab. 2019. A tale of scale: plot but not neighbourhood tree diversity increases leaf litter ant diversity. Journal of Animal Ecology DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13115
- 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
- Zhou S.-Y., S. Zhao and F.-L. Jia. 2006. A taxonomic study on the ant genus Pheidologeton Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Myrimcinae) from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 31(4): 870-873