.jpg){kind=logo}
Carebara reticulata
| Carebara reticulata | |
|---|---|
| |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. reticulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara reticulata Fernández, 2004
| |
The species is represented principally by Winkler trap captures from soil and leaf litter of coffee agroecosystems in the mountains of the Central Cordillera of Colombia, between 1200 and 1600 m above sea level.
Identification
Fernández (2004) - A member of the Carebara lignata species complex. This species can be separated easily from other known species of the complex by the dense reticulation on the sides of the thorax, which extends to the sides of the petiole, postpetiole, and dorsum of the petiolar peduncle. The ventral spine of the petiole is strong, directed forwards, and visible in specimens with the petiole raised.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 5.133333333° to 4.2°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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. |
|
Biology
Castes
Worker
Images from AntWeb
| |
| Paratype of Carebara reticulata. Worker. Specimen code casent0902399. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- reticulata. Carebara reticulata Fernández, 2004a: 218, figs. 5A-E, 9, 13 (w.) COLOMBIA.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 9 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Colombia: Quindío, Finlandia, Barbas River, 4°42’59’’N, 75°38’59’’W, 1655 m., 5.ii.2000, forest, Wimler trap (J. Sossa); paratypes: 1 worker with same data, 2 workers Quindío, Génova, vda El Dorado, Fca San Isidro, 4°12’N, 75°47’W, 1500 m., 31.x.1999, Winkler (J. Sossa), 1 worker Quindío, vda El Cedral, Fca Buenos Aires, 4°14’06’’N, 75°46’32’’W, 1600 m., 28.ix.1999, Winkler trap in coffee plantation (E.L. González), 2 workers Calarcá,vda Santo Domingo, Fca Santa Librada, 4°31’55’’N, 75°37’61’’W, 1500 m., Winkler (J. Sossa), 2 workers Quimbaya, vda El Laurel, Fca Balmoral, 4°35’15’’N, 75°47’39’’W, 1200 m., Winkler (J. Sossa), 1 worker Córdoba, vda San Diego, Fca San Diego, 4°24’12’’N, 75°41’24’’W, 1350 m., Winkler inguadual, 3.ii.2000 (J. Sossa)
- Type-depositories: IAVH (holotype); BMNH, IAVH, LACM, MCZC, MIZA, MZSP, USNM (paratypes).
- Status as species: Fernández & Serna, 2019: 822.
- Distribution: Colombia.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Type (Paratypes n=3): HW 0.29 (0.27-0.29); HL 0.36 (0.35-0.36); SL 0.19 (0.18-0.19); PW 0.19 (0.18-0.19); WL 0.36 (0.34-0.36); GL 0.33 (0.33); TL 1.28 (1.24-1.28); CI 81 (79-81); SI 66 (66-68).
Head slightly longer than wide. Posterior border slightly concave, lateral sides faintly concave. Mandibles with 4 teeth (basal one reduced). Median portion of clypeus straight to slightly concave. Scapes fail to reach the vertexal border in 1/3 of the head length. In side view, alitrunk slightly convex, interrupted by the deep metanotal groove. Promesonotal suture impressed laterally. Mesonotal groove deep and well-marked dorsally and laterally. Propodeum with feeble angulation between dorsal and sloping faces. Propodeal spiracle relatively small, circular, high and near the propodeal margin. Bullae of metapleural gland small. Propodeal lobes reduced to narrow lamellae that more or less reach the propodeal spiracle. Petiole with short peduncle, evenly continuous with the dorsal rounded node; petiolar node midway along petiolar length. Subpetiolar process produced as strong spine directed forward, spine normally not visible in mounted specimens. Postpetiole dorsally concave, lower than petiole. In dorsal view petiole subspherical, postpetiole broader than long and broader than petiole. In dorsal view anterior margin of first tergum straight. Body smooth and shining. Mandibles with several scattered punctures, head densely puncturated (except in the central longitudinal area), each punctum with a small hair. Anterior half of head with very fine longitudinal striation. Sides of alitrunk (except pronotum), petiole, postpetiole and dorsum of petiolar peduncle densely reticulated, sometimes the sculpturing poorly defined. Short curved hairs (less than 0.05 mm) over head, antennae, mandibles, legs, promesonotum, as well as a few in petiole. Longer hairs (more than 0.05 in length): Four arising from the anterior clypeal margin projected forward near the mandibular apices; two near the pronotal humeri, two in the promesonotal dorsum, near the posterior margin; two in the propodeal dorsum, two in petiole, two in postpetiole, several on first tergum. Reddish brown.
Type Material
Holotype worker. COLOMBIA. Quindío: Filandia, Barbas River, 4°42’59”N 75°38’59”W, forest, 1655 m, winkler trap, 5 feb 2000, J. Sossa, leg., deposited in Humboldt Institute.
Paratypes. 1 worker, same data as type; COLOMBIA. Quindío: 2 workers, Génova, vda. El Dorado, Fca. San Isidro, 4°12’N 75°47’W, 1500 m, winkler, 31 oct 1999, J. Sossa leg.; 1 worker, idem, vda. El Cedral, Fca. Buenos Aires, 4°14’06”N 75°46’32”W, 1600 m, winkler trap in café plantation mixed with “shadow treees”, 28 sep 1999, E. L. González leg.; 2 workers, Calarcá, vda. Santo Domingo, Fca. Santa Librada, 4°31’55N 75°37’61W, 1500 m, winkler trap, J. Sossa, leg.; 2 workers, Quimbaya, vda. El Laurel, Fca. Balmoral, 4°35’15”N 75°47’39”W, 1200 m, winkler trap, 4 nov 1999, J. Sossa, leg.; 1 worker, Córdoba, vda. San Diego, Fca. San Diego, 4°24’12”N 75°41’24”w, 1350 m, winkler in guadual, 3 feb 2000, J. Sossa leg. Paratypes deposited in The Natural History Museum, IAvH, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Instituto de Zoologia Agricola, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo and National Museum of Natural History.
References
- Fernández, F. 2004a. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymentoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia. 26(1):191-238. (page 218, figs. 5A-E, 9, 13 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Alonso L. E., J. Persaud, and A. Williams. 2016. Biodiversity assessment survey of the south Rupununi Savannah, Guyana. BAT Survey Report No.1, 306 pages.