Carebara rubra

Carebara rubra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Carebara
Species group:	pygmaea
Species:	C. rubra
Binomial name
Carebara rubra (Smith, F., 1860) Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Pheidole rubrobrunea Dalla Torre, 1892

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Pheidologeton ruber. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0901422. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by OUM, Oxford, UK.

Nomenclature

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

• rubrobrunea. Pheidole rubrobrunea Dalla Torre, 1892: 91.
  • Combination in Pheidologeton: Ettershank, 1966: 119.
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 96; Emery, 1922e: 98; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 149; Ettershank, 1966: 119.
  • Unnecessary replacement name for Pheidole rubra Smith, F. 1860b: 111; hence junior synonym of rubra: Bolton, 1995b: 333.
• rubra. Pheidole rubra Smith, F. 1860b: 111 (s.w.) INDONESIA (Bacan I.).
  • Type-material: 2 syntype major workers, 3 syntype minor workers.
  • Type-locality: Indonesia: Bachian (= Bacan I.), “Bac. 44” (A.R. Wallace).
  • Type-depository: OXUM.
  • Combination in Pheidologeton: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 464;
  • combination in Carebara: Fischer, et al. 2014: 72.
  • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 441; Smith, F. 1871a: 332; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 464; Bolton, 1995b: 333.
  • Senior synonym of rubrobrunea: Bolton, 1995b: 333.
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Bacan).

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Pheidole rubra

Two syntypes worker major and three syntype worker minor in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “Bac. 44.”

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 333, Junior synonym of ruber)
• Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(10): 441-476 (page 464, Combination in Pheidologeton)
• 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.
• Jaitrong, W., Pitaktunsakul, P., Jantarit, S. 2021. A new species of the genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmecinae) inhabits a cave in Thailand. Far Eastern entomologist 425, 7–20 (doi:10.25221/fee.425.2).
• Matsuura, K., Hosoishi, S., Sokh, H. 2024. A remarkable new species from the pygmaea species group of the genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Cambodia. Far Eastern Entomologist, 496 1–9 (doi:10.25221/fee.496.1).
• Sharaf, M. R., Wetterer, J. K., Mohamed, A. A., Aldawood, A. S. 2022. Faunal composition, diversity, and distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Dhofar Governorate, Oman, with updated list of the Omani species and remarks on zoogeography. European Journal of Taxonomy 838: 1-106 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.838.1925).
• Smith, F. 1860b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Bachian, Kaisaa, Amboyna, Gilolo, and at Dory in New Guinea. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 5(17b)(suppl. to vol. 4 4: 93-143 (page 111, soldier, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
• Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.
• Yamane S. 2003. Preliminary survey on the distribution pattern of southeast Asian Pheidologeton species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 73-86 in: Mohamed, M.; Fellowes, J. R.; Yamane, S. (eds.) 2003. Proceedings of the 2nd ANeT workshop and seminar. Kota Kinabalu: Universiti Malaysia Sabah