Carebara afghana

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan.

Nomenclature

 * . Oligomyrmex afghanus Pisarski, 1970: 311, figs. 10-23 (s.w.m.) AFGHANISTAN.
 * Type-material: holotype major worker, 6 paratype workers (caste not specified), 75 paratype males.
 * Type-locality: holotype Afghanistan: Prov. Nengrahar, 12-20 km. from Jalalabad, 600 m., 17.iii.1966, PT 27 (D. Povolny & F. Tenora); paratypes with same data.
 * Type-depositories: MMBC (holotype); MIZW, MMBC (paratypes).
 * Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 298.
 * Distribution: Afghanistan.

Type Material
Bezděčková et al. (2017) - Holotype and 55 paratypes are deposited in (all dry-mounted, glued on point and rectangular card labels):
 * HOLOTYPE (worker, on card point label): ‘O. Afghanistan / Prov. Nengrahar / Povolný & Tenora [p] // (26) 12–20 km öös. / Jalalabad / 7. 3. 66 600 m [p] // Oligomyrmex / afghanus Pisarski / det. B. Pisarski [p] // Invent. č. [p]/ 563 / Ent [hw] / Mor. museum, Brno [p] // Holo- / typ [p, red label]’.
 * PARATYPES (52 males 3 queens): ‘O. Afghanistan / Prov. Nengrahar / Povolný & Tenora [p] // (26) 12–20 km öös. / Jalalabad / 7. 3. 66 600 m [p] // Oligomyrmex / afghanus Pisarski / det. B. Pisarski [p] // Para- / typ [p, red label] // Invent. č. [p] / 564–566/Ent [respectively, hw] / Mor. museum, Brno [p]’.

Remarks. According to the original description, the holotype and 54 paratypes should have been deposited in (with the rest of the type series, 27 paratypes, to be deposited in the ). Fifty-five paratype specimens are actually present in.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bezdeckova K., P. Bexdecka, J. Macek, and I. Malenovsky. 2017. Catalogue of type specimens of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) deposited in Czech museums. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57(1): 295-308.