Carebara solitaria

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Carebara solitaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Carebara
Species: C. solitaria
Binomial name
Carebara solitaria
(Stitz, 1910)

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Togo (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

Nomenclature

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

  • solitaria. Pheidologeton solitarius Stitz, 1910: 141 (q.) TOGO.
    • Type-material: holotype queen.
    • Type-locality: Togo: Sokode Basau (Schröder).
    • Type-depository: MNHU.
    • Combination in Carebara: Fischer, et al. 2014: 72.
    • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 880; Emery, 1924d: 213; Ettershank, 1966: 119; Bolton, 1995b: 333.
    • Distribution: Togo.

Description

References

  • 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.
  • Stitz, H. 1910. Westafrikanische Ameisen. I. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. 5: 125-151 (page 141, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Stitz H. 1910. Westafrikanische Ameisen. I. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5: 125-151.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004