Carebara stenoptera

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Carebara stenoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Carebara
Species: C. stenoptera
Binomial name
Carebara stenoptera
(Kusnezov, 1952)

Described by Kuznezov (1952) on the basis of females collected in Argentina. The head is slightly narrower posteriorly and the wings are narrower than in other species in the complex. Neither males nor workers are known.

Identification

A member of the Carebara lignata species complex.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -25.921° to -25.921°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina (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.

  • stenoptera. Oligomyrmex stenopterus Kusnezov, 1952f: 184, fig. 2 (q.) ARGENTINA (Misiones).
    • Type-material: 5 syntype queens.
    • Type-locality: 3 queens Argentina: Misiones, Puerto Bemberg, iii.1945, nos 746, 3596 (Hayward), 2 queens Misiones, Loreto, no. 6087 (A. Ogloblin).
    • Type-depositories: ICNB, IMLT, MZSP.
    • Combination in Erebomyrma: Brandão, 1991: 343;
    • combination in Oligomyrmex: Bolton, 1995b: 300;
    • combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 219.
    • Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 124; Kempf, 1972a: 173; Brandão, 1991: 343; Bolton, 1995b: 300; Fernández, 2004a: 219.
    • Distribution: Argentina.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Queen

Fernández (2004) - (n=1): HW 0.75; HL 0.94; SL 0.46; EL 0.19; WL 1.36; GL 1.88; TL 4.9; CI 80; SI 61.

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Brandao, C.R.F. 1991. Adendos ao catalogo abreviado das formigas da regiao neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 35: 319-412.
  • Cuezzo, F. 1998. Formicidae. Chapter 42 in Morrone J.J., and S. Coscaron (dirs) Biodiversidad de artropodos argentinos: una perspectiva biotaxonomica Ediciones Sur, La Plata. Pages 452-462.
  • Fernández F. 2004. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia 26: 191-238.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Kusnezov N. 1952. El género Oligomyrmex Mayr en la Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 10: 183-187.
  • Kusnezov N. 1978. Hormigas argentinas: clave para su identificación. Miscelánea. Instituto Miguel Lillo 61:1-147 + 28 pl.
  • Ulyssea M. A., C. R. F. Brandao. 2013. Catalogue of Dacetini and Solenopsidini ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Papies Avulsos de Zoologia 53(14): 187-209.
  • Vittar, F. 2008. Hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de la Mesopotamia Argentina. INSUGEO Miscelania 17(2):447-466