Carebara santschii

Carebara santschii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Carebara
Species:	C. santschii
Binomial name
Carebara santschii (Weber, 1943)

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Sudan (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.

• santschii. Oligomyrmex santschii Weber, 1943c: 363, pl. 15, figs. 4, 16 (s.w.) SOUTH SUDAN.
  • Type-material: 1 syntype major worker, 17 syntype minor workers.
  • Type-locality: South Sudan (“Anglo-Egyptian Sudan”): Khor Aba forest, Nile-Congo watershed, S Yei, 11.viii.1939, no. 1475 (N.A. Weber).
  • Type-depositories: AMNH, MCZC (perhaps also in USNM).
  • Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
  • Status as species: Weber, 1950a: 12; Ettershank, 1966: 124; Bolton, 1995b: 300.
  • Distribution: South Sudan.

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. 1943d. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389 (page 363, pl. 15, figs. 4, 16 soldier, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
• Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.
• Weber N. A. 1950. The African species of the genus Oligomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1442: 1-19.