Carebara sundaica

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Carebara sundaica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Carebara
Species: C. sundaica
Binomial name
Carebara sundaica
(Forel, 1913)

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 3.2726° to 3.2726°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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.

  • sundaica. Aeromyrma sundaica Forel, 1913k: 63 (w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).
    • Type-material: syntype minor workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Indonesia: Sumatra, Bandar Baroe, 9.iv.-14.vi.1912 (H. von Buttel-Reepen).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1954a: 140 (l.).
    • Combination in Oligomyrmex (Aeromyrma): Emery, 1924d: 216;
    • combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1924d: 216; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 154; Ettershank, 1966: 124; Bolton, 1995b: 300.
    • Distribution: Indonesia (Sumatra).

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 216, Combination in Oligomyrmex (Aeromyrma))
  • 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)
  • Forel, A. 1913l. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Her (page 63, worker described)
  • Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1954a [1953]. The ant larvae of the myrmicine tribe Pheidologetini. Psyche (Camb.) 60: 129-147 (page 140, larva described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics