Carebara pisinna

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Carebara pisinna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Carebara
Species: C. pisinna
Binomial name
Carebara pisinna
(Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -1.233333° to -1.233333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Holotype of Carebara pisinnaWorker. Specimen code casent0902374. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Nomenclature

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

  • pisinna. Paedalgus pisinnus Bolton & Belshaw, 1993: 187, fig. 5 (w.m.) KENYA.
    • Type-material: holotype worker, 8 paratype workers, 4 paratype males.
    • Type-locality: holotype Kenya: Ruaraka, 17.xi.1983 (J. Darlington); paratypes with same data.
    • Type-depositories: BMNH (holotype); BMNH, MCZC, MHNG, SAMC (paratypes).
    • Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 311; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 209.
    • Distribution: Kenya.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B.; Belshaw, R. 1993. Taxonomy and biology of the supposedly lestobiotic ant genus Paedalgus (Hym.: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 18: 181-189 (page 187, fig. 5 worker, male described)
  • Fernández, F. 2004a. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymentoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia 26(1): 191-238 (page 235, new combination in Carebara)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Garcia F.H., Wiesel E. and Fischer G. 2013.The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History, 101(2): 127-222