Carebara donisthorpei
Carebara donisthorpei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Carebara |
Species: | C. donisthorpei |
Binomial name | |
Carebara donisthorpei (Weber, 1950) |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Central African Republic (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.
- donisthorpei. Oligomyrmex donisthorpei Weber, 1950a: 7 (s.w.) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.
- Type-material: syntype major worker, syntype minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Central African Republic (“French Equatorial Africa”): Ubangi-Shari, Haut Mbomu, Djema, 6. iii.1948, no. 2188 (N.A. Weber).
- Type-depository: AMNH.
- Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
- Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 299.
- Distribution: Central African Republic.
Description
References
- Fernández, F. 2004a. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymentoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia 26(1): 191-238 (page 235, Combination in Carebara)
- Weber, N. A. 1950a. The African species of the genus Oligomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1442: 1-19 (page 7, fig. soldier, worker described)