Carebara frontalis

Carebara frontalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Carebara
Species:	C. frontalis
Binomial name
Carebara frontalis (Weber, 1950)

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (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.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• frontalis. Oligomyrmex frontalis Weber, 1950a: 10, figs. 5, 6, 8 (s.w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
  • Type-material: syntype major worker, syntype minor workers (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Ituri Forest, 78 mi. N Beni, no. 2132 (N.A. Weber).
  • Type-depository: AMNH.
  • Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
  • Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 299.
  • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.

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 10, figs. 55, 6, 8 soldier, worker described)