Carebara mayri

Fernández (2004) - Based on one male collected in Brazil, and described by Forel in the genus Tranopelta.

Identification
A member of the Carebara lignata species complex.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname.

Nomenclature

 * . Tranopelta mayri Forel, 1901h: 61 (m.) PARAGUAY.
 * Type-material: holotype male.
 * Type-locality: Paraguay: (no further data) (Jerrmann).
 * Type-depository: Hamburg Museum (probably destroyed in World War II).
 * Combination in Carebara: Santschi, 1912a: 140.
 * Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922e: 5; Santschi, 1923d: 65; Emery, 1924d: 221; Borgmeier, 1927c: 102; Ettershank, 1966: 127; Kempf, 1972a: 74; Bolton, 1995b: 133; Fernández, 2004a: 217; Wild, 2007b: 31.
 * Distribution: Paraguay.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
 * Forel A. 1901. Formiciden des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg. Neue Calyptomyrmex-, Dacryon-, Podomyrma- und Echinopla-Arten. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 18: 43-82.
 * Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.
 * Kempf W. W. 1978. A preliminary zoogeographical analysis of a regional ant fauna in Latin America. 114. Studia Entomologica 20: 43-62.
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Santschi F. 1923. Pheidole et quelques autres fourmis néotropiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 63: 45-69.
 * Ulyssea M.A., C. E. Cereto, F. B. Rosumek, R. R. Silva, and B. C. Lopes. 2011. Updated list of ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) recorded in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil, with a discussion of research advances and priorities. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 55(4): 603-611.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Neotropical ants of the genera Carebara, Tranopelta and Tranopeltoides, new genus. American Museum Novitates 48: 1-14.
 * Wild, A. L.. "A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Zootaxa 1622 (2007): 1-55.