Carebara khamiensis

AntWiki: The Ants --- Online
Carebara khamiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Carebara
Species: C. khamiensis
Binomial name
Carebara khamiensis
(Arnold, 1952)

Carebara khamiensis casent0913518 p 1 high.jpg

Carebara khamiensis casent0913518 d 1 high.jpg

Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -19.85° to -19.85°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Zimbabwe (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

AntMapLegend.png

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

Check data from AntWeb

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.
pChart

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.
pChart

Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Carebara khamiensis casent0913519 d 1 high.jpgCarebara khamiensis casent0913519 p 1 high.jpgCarebara khamiensis casent0913519 h 1 high.jpgCarebara khamiensis casent0913519 l 1 high.jpg
Type of unpublished name: Carebara rhodesianusWorker. Specimen code casent0913519. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • khamiensis. Oligomyrmex (Aeromyrma) khamiensis Arnold, 1952a: 463, figs. 1, 1a (w.) ZIMBABWE.
    • Type-material: syntype minor workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Zimbabwe (“Southern Rhodesia”): Khami (G. Arnold).
    • Type-depository: SAMC.
    • Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
    • Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 299.
    • Distribution: Zimbabwe.

Description

References

  • Arnold, G. 1952a. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 10. Occas. Pap. Natl. Mus. South. Rhod. 2: 460-493 (page 463, fig. 1 worker described)
  • 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)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection