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Carebara affinis minor
| Carebara affinis minor | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. affinis |
| Subspecies: | C. affinis minor |
| Trinomial name | |
| Carebara affinis minor (Emery, 1900) | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (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. |
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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.
- minor. Pheidologeton affinis var. minor Emery, 1900c: 326 (s.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
- Type-material: holotype major worker.
- Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: Tamara I. (L. Biró).
- Type-depository: MSNG or HNHM.
- Combination in Carebara: Fischer, et al. 2014: 71.
- Subspecies of affinis: Emery, 1911c: 249; Viehmeyer, 1914c: 528; Emery, 1924d: 212; Santschi, 1932b: 14; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 158; Ettershank, 1966: 119; Bolton, 1995b: 333.
- Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1900b. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio secunda. Természetr. Füz. 23: 310-338 (page 326, soldier, queen described)
- 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.