Carebara yanoi

Carebara yanoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Carebara
Species:	C. yanoi
Binomial name
Carebara yanoi (Forel, 1912) Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Pheidologeton dentiviris Forel, 1913

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Carebara of China

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Taiwan (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: China.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Pheidologeton dentiviris. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0913530. Photographer Will Ericson, 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.

• yanoi. Pheidologeton yanoi Forel, 1912a: 57 (w.q.) TAIWAN.
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Taiwan (“Formosa”): Kosempo (H. Sauter).
  • Type-depository: MHNG (perhaps also in DEIB).
  • Forel, 1913f: 192 (m.); Wheeler, W.M. 1930a: 100 (m.).
  • Combination in Carebara: Fischer, et al. 2014: 72.
  • Status as species: Forel, 1913f: 192; Emery, 1924d: 213; Wheeler, W.M. 1929g: 61; Wheeler, W.M. 1930a: 100; Teranishi, 1940: 57; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 161; Ettershank, 1966: 119; Bolton, 1995b: 334; Lin & Wu, 2003: 65; Zhou, Zhao & Jia, 2006: 870 (in key); Terayama, 2009: 156.
  • Senior synonym of dentiviris: Lin & Wu, 2003: 66; Terayama, 2009: 156.
  • Distribution: China, Taiwan.
• dentiviris. Pheidologeton dentiviris Forel, 1913f: 192 (in text) (m.) TAIWAN.
  • Type-material: syntype males (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Taiwan (“Formosa”): Taihorin (H. Sauter).
  • Type-depository: MHNG (perhaps also in DEIB).
  • Santschi, 1937h: 372 (q.).
  • Combination in Idrisella: Santschi, 1937h: 372;
  • combination in Pheidologeton: Ettershank, 1966: 118;
  • combination in Carebara: Fischer, et al. 2014: 71.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1924d: 213; Wheeler, W.M. 1929g: 61; Wheeler, W.M. 1930a: 100; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 158; Ettershank, 1966: 118; Bolton, 1995b: 333.
  • Junior synonym of yanoi: Lin & Wu, 2003: 66; Terayama, 2009: 156.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Male

Wheeler (1930) - Length 7.5 mm.

Head small, broader than long, semicircularly rounded behind, with very convex eyes and ocelli. Mandibles small and narrow, two-toothed. Antennae less than half as long as the body; scapes more than twice as long as broad. Thorax broader than the head; epinotum shaped much as in the female, but without teeth. Petiolar node lower and less acute above in profile, the ventral surface of the peduncle unarmed. Postpetiole short, nearly three times as broad as long, with angulate anterior comers and subparallel sides, the latter not expanded below and sublamelliform as in the female. Gaster rather broadly elliptical, with large, spreading genital appendages. Wings short (7.8 mm.)

Shining; head and pedicel opaque, densely and finely punctate; thorax less densely punctate-aciculate; gaster somewhat coriaceous, with sparse, coarse, piligerous punctures.

Hairs and pubescence golden yellow, the former rather abundant, suberect on the body, much shorter, denser and more oblique on the appendages.

Black; mandibles, antennae, legs and genitalia brown. Wings rather strongly infuscated; veins and pterostigma resin-colored, with dark brown borders.

References

• Fischer, G., Azorsa, F. & Fisher, B.L. 2014. The ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): synonymisation of Pheidologeton Mayr under Carebara, establishment and revision of the C. polita species group. ZooKeys 438: 57–112.
• Forel, A. 1912a. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Formicidae (Hym.). Entomol. Mitt. 1: 45-61 (page 57, worker, queen described)
• Forel, A. 1913g. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute: Formicidae II. Arch. Naturgesch. (A)79(6 6: 183-202 (page 192, male described)
• Liu, Z., Zhong, Y., Huang, Y., Ran, H., Song, F. 2024. A new ant species of the genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) with a key to Chinese species. ZooKeys 1190, 1–37 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1190.110552).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1930b. Formosan ants collected by Dr. R. Takahashi. Proc. N. Engl. Zool. Club 11: 93-106 (page 100, see also)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
• Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
• Forel A. 1912. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Formicidae (Hym.) (Schluss). Entomol. Mitt. 1: 45-61.
• Forel A. 1913. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute: Formicidae II. Arch. Naturgesch. (A)79(6): 183-202
• Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
• Lee T. L., and Y. S. Wei. 2005.. Study for the temporal and spatial variation of the ant assemblages as the biological indicator in national parks. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances 4(4): 491-496.
• Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
• Santschi F. 1937. Fourmis du Japon et de Formose. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 77: 361-388.
• Terayama M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts 17:81-266.
• Terayama, M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta; Hymenoptera). The Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University 17: 81-266.
• Terayama. M. and Inoue. N. 1988. Ants collected by the members of the Soil Zoological Expedition to Taiwan. ARI Reports of the Myrmecologists Society (Japan) 18: 25-28
• Wheeler W. M. 1929. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Formosa, the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 24: 27-64.
• Wheeler W. M. 1930. Formosan ants collected by Dr. R. Takahashi. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 11: 93-106.
• Yamane S. 2003. Preliminary survey on the distribution pattern of southeast Asian Pheidologeton species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 73-86 in: Mohamed, M.; Fellowes, J. R.; Yamane, S. (eds.) 2003. Proceedings of the 2nd ANeT workshop and seminar. Kota Kinabalu: Universiti Malaysia Sabah
• Zhou S. Y., S. Zhao, and F. L. Jia. 2006. A taxonomic study on the ant genus Pheidologeton Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 31(4): 870-873
• Zhou S.-Y., S. Zhao and F.-L. Jia. 2006. A taxonomic study on the ant genus Pheidologeton Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Myrimcinae) from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 31(4): 870-873