Carebara hostilis

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Carebara hostilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Carebara
Species: C. hostilis
Binomial name
Carebara hostilis
(Smith, F., 1858)

As noted by Wheeler (1922a: 880), this species has 12-segmented antennae and therefore cannot belong to Carebara.

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: South Africa (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.

  • hostilis. Atta hostilis Smith, F. 1858b: 165 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA.
    • Type-material: syntype worker(s), syntype queen (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: South Africa: Port Natal (= Durban) (no collector’s name).
    • Type-depository: BMNH.
    • Combination in Pheidologeton: Mayr, 1866b: 899;
    • combination in Carebara: Fischer, et al. 2014: 72.
    • [Note: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 880, states that the combination in Pheidologton must be incorrect (as also must the combination in Carebara), because the species has 12-segmented antennae.]
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 396; Mayr, 1866b: 899 (redescription); Dalla Torre, 1893: 73; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 880; Emery, 1924d: 213; Ettershank, 1966: 119; Bolton, 1995b: 333.
    • Distribution: South Africa.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.