Carebara diabolica

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Carebara diabolica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Carebara
Species: C. diabolica
Binomial name
Carebara diabolica
(Baroni Urbani, 1969)

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Chad (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.

  • diabolica. Oligomyrmex diabolicus Baroni Urbani, 1969b: 74, fig. 1 (s.) CHAD.
    • Type-material: holotype major worker.
    • Type-locality: Chad: Chari, Mani, 1962 (H. Franz).
    • Type-depository: ISRW.
    • Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 299.
    • Distribution: Chad.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Baroni Urbani C. 1969. Una nuova specie di Oligomyrmex del Sahara meridionale (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 99- 101: 74-77.