Carebara mayri
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| Carebara mayri | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | C. mayri |
| Binomial name | |
| Carebara mayri (Forel, 1901) | |
Fernández (2004) - Based on one male collected in Brazil, and described by Forel in the genus Tranopelta.
Contents
Identification
A member of the Carebara lignata species complex.
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay (type locality), Suriname.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- mayri. Tranopelta mayri Forel, 1901h: 61 (m.) PARAGUAY. Combination in Carebara: Santschi, 1912a: 140. See also: Fernández, 2004a: 217.
Description
References
- Fernández, F. 2004a. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymentoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia. 26(1):191-238.
- Forel, A. 1901m. Formiciden des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg. Neue Calyptomyrmex-, Dacryon-, Podomyrma- und Echinopla-Arten. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 18: 43-82 (page 61, male described)
- Santschi, F. 1912a. Un Carebara américain (Hym. Formicidae). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1912: 139-141 (page 140, Combination in Carebara)
