Carebara affinis spinosior
Carebara affinis spinosior | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Carebara |
Species: | C. affinis |
Subspecies: | C. affinis spinosior |
Trinomial name | |
Carebara affinis spinosior (Forel, 1911) |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- spinosior. Pheidologeton affinis var. spinosior Forel, 1911d: 372 (w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).
- Type-material: syntype minor workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Indonesia: Central Sumatra, Sapu & Kara Rivers (Bluntschli).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in Carebara: Fischer, et al. 2014: 71.
- Subspecies of affinis: Forel, 1913e: 662; Crawley, 1924: 399; Emery, 1924d: 212; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 158; Ettershank, 1966: 119; Bolton, 1995b: 333.
- Distribution: Indonesia (Sumatra).
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1911f. Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 47: 331-400 (page 372, worker described)
- 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.