Carebara traegaordhi

Carebara traegaordhi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Carebara
Species:	C. traegaordhi
Binomial name
Carebara traegaordhi (Santschi, 1914) Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -27.55° to -27.55°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: South Africa (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.

• traegaordhi. Aeromyrma traegaordhi Santschi, 1914e: 20, fig. 2 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
  • Type-material: 8 syntype minor workers.
  • Type-locality: 4 workers South Africa: Natal, Balgowan, 6.iv.1905 (I. Trägårdh) (by restriction of Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 883).
  • [Note: other syntype locality: 4 workers Natal, Stamford Hill, 21.v.1905 (I. Trägårdh).]
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Combination in Oligomyrmex (Aeromyrma): Santschi, 1919a: 338;
  • combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 23.
  • Subspecies of semilaevis: Santschi, 1917b: 285; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 883.
  • Status as species: Arnold, 1916: 257; Santschi, 1919a: 338; Emery, 1924d: 216; Arnold, 1926: 233; Weber, 1952a: 12 (in key); Ettershank, 1966: 124; Bolton, 1995b: 300.
  • Distribution: South Africa.

References

• Arnol'di, K. V. 1926. Studien über die Variabilität der Ameisen. I. Die ökologische und die Familienvariabilität von Cardiocondyla stambulowi For. Z. Morphol. Ökol. Tiere 7: 254-278 (page 233, Revived status as species)
• Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 216, Revived status as species)
• 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)
• Santschi, F. 1914e. Meddelanden från Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning. 3. Fourmis du Natal et du Zoulouland récoltées par le Dr. I. Trägårdh. Göteb. K. Vetensk. Vitterh. Samh. Handl. 15: 1-44 (page 20, fig. 2 worker described)
• Santschi, F. 1917b [1916]. Fourmis nouvelles de la Colonie du Cap, du Natal et de Rhodesia. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 85: 279-296 (page 285, Variety of semilaevis)
• Santschi, F. 1919a. Cinq notes myrmécologiques. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 52: 325-350 (page 338, Combination in Oligomyrmex (Aeromyrma))
• Santschi, F. 1919a. Cinq notes myrmécologiques. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 52: 325-350 (page 338, Revived status as species)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Arnold G. 1916. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part II. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum. 14: 159-270.
• Santschi F. 1914. Meddelanden från Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning. 3. Fourmis du Natal et du Zoulouland récoltées par le Dr. I. Trägårdh. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar. 15: 1-44.
• 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