Carebara raja

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Carebara raja
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Carebara
Species: C. raja
Binomial name
Carebara raja
(Forel, 1902)

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Specimen Labels

This species has been observed in rotten woods with sufficient moisture level in pine forest areas of Himalayan Foothills of district Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Worker caste was absent (Rasheed et al., 2020).

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (type locality), Pakistan.

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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Syntype of Carebara rajaQueen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0908913. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • raja. Oligomyrmex raja Forel, 1902c: 216 (q.) INDIA (no state data).
    • Type-material: syntype queens (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: India: “Provinces of NW India” (Smythies).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in O. (Oligomyrmex): Emery, 1924d: 218;
    • combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
    • Status as species: Forel, 1903a: 690; Bingham, 1903: 154; Forel, 1906b: 89; Emery, 1924d: 218; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 157; Ettershank, 1966: 124; Bolton, 1995b: 300; Bharti & Kumar, 2013b: 64 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 35.
    • Distribution: India, Myanmar.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Bharti H. 2011. List of Indian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Halteres 3: 79-87.
  • Forel A. 1902. Myrmicinae nouveaux de l'Inde et de Ceylan. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 165-249.
  • Forel A. 1903. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part X. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 14: 679-715.
  • Forel A. 1906. Les fourmis de l'Himalaya. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 42: 79-94.