THE AMERICAN SPECIES OF THE MYRMICINE ANT GENUS CAREBARA WESTWOOD (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE)
<div>The revision of the American species of Carebara Westwood is offered. This study</div><div>recognized one genus and 31 species (20 described as new) from United States to</div><div>Argentina as follow: Carebara Westwood, 1840 (= Oligomyrmex Mayr, 1867 syn.</div&...
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2004-06-01
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| Series: | Caldasia |
| Online Access: | http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/39362 |
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| Summary: | <div>The revision of the American species of Carebara Westwood is offered. This study</div><div>recognized one genus and 31 species (20 described as new) from United States to</div><div>Argentina as follow: Carebara Westwood, 1840 (= Oligomyrmex Mayr, 1867 syn.</div><div>nov.; = Aeromyrma Forel, 1891 syn. nov.; = Aneleus Emery, 1900 syn. nov.; =</div><div>Erebomyrma Wheeler, 1903 syn. nov.; = Paedalgus Forel, 1911 syn. nov.; =</div><div>Lecanomyrma Forel, 1913 syn. nov.; = Spelaeomyrmex Wheeler, 1922 syn. nov.; =</div><div>Hendecatella Wheeler, 1927 syn. nov.; = Solenops Karawajew, 1930 syn. nov.; =</div><div>Sporocleptes Arnold, 1948 syn. nov.; = Crateropsis Patrizi, 1948 syn. nov.; =</div><div>Nimbamyrma Bernard, 1953 syn. nov.; = Afroxyidris Belshaw & Bolton, 1994 syn.</div><div>nov. (provisional); = Neoblepharidatta Sheela & Narendran, 1997 syn. nov). The</div><div>following species complexes and species are recognized and proposed: Carebara</div><div>concinna SPECIES COMPLEX: C. longii (Wheeler) comb. nov. (USA); C. peruviana</div><div>(Emery) comb. nov. (Perú); C. urichi (Wheeler) comb. nov. (México to Brazil) [=</div><div>Erebomyrma nevermanni Mann syn. nov.; = Erebomyrma morai (Menozzi) syn.</div><div>nov.; = Erebomyrma eidmanni Menozzi syn. nov.; = Erebomyrma urichi (Wheeler);</div><div>= Oligomyrmex nevermanni (Mann); = O. morai (Menozzi); = O. eidmanni (Menozzi)]</div><div>and C. brevipilosa sp. nov. (Costa Rica to Brazil). Carebara lignata SPECIES COMPLEX:</div><div>C. anophthalma (Emery) (Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana) [= C. winifredae Wheeler</div><div>syn. nov.]; C. bicarinata Santschi (French Guiana); C. bruchi (Santschi) comb. nov.</div><div>(Argentina); C. coeca sp. nov. (Brazil, Colombia); C. elongata sp. nov. (Colombia);</div><div>C. globularia sp. nov. (Colombia); C. incierta n.n. (Brazil); C. longiceps (Santschi)</div><div>comb. nov. (Argentina); C. mayri (Forel) (Paraguay); C. minuta sp. nov. (Brazil); C.</div><div>panamensis (Wheeler) comb. nov. (Panamá); C. reticulata sp. nov. (Colombia); C.</div><div>stenoptera (Kusnezov) comb. nov. (Argentina); C. tenua sp. nov. (Brazil). Carebara</div><div>escherichi SPECIES COMPLEX: C. angulata sp. nov. (Colombia, Ecuador); C. audita</div><div>sp. nov. (Colombia); C. brasiliana sp. nov. (Brazil); C. inca sp. nov. (Perú); C.</div><div>intermedia sp. nov. (Belice); C. kofana sp. nov. (Colombia); C. majeri sp. nov.</div><div>(Brazil); C. nuda sp. nov. Brazil; C. paya sp. nov. (Colombia); C. pilosa sp. nov.</div><div>(Brazil); C. reina sp. nov. (Colombia); C. striata sp. nov. (Colombia, Brazil, Perú) and</div><div>C. semistriata sp. nov. (Colombia). The following combinations are proposed for the</div><div>Old World species of Paedalgus: Carebara distincta (Bolton & Belshaw) comb.</div><div>nov., Carebara escherichi (Forel) comb. nov., Carebara infima (Santschi) comb. nov., Carebara octata (Bolton & Belshaw) comb. nov., Carebara pisinna (Bolton</div><div>& Belshaw) comb. nov., Carebara rara (Bolton & Belshaw) comb. nov., Carebara</div><div>robertsoni (Bolton & Belshaw) comb. nov., Carebara sarita (Bolton & Belshaw)</div><div>comb. nov., Carebara sudanensis (Bolton & Belshaw) comb. nov. and Carebara</div><div>termitolestes (Wheeler) comb. nov. The definive knowledge of the taxonomy of</div><div>Carebara needs to await more complete series, including female, male and especially</div><div>major with minor workers (in the dimorphic species). C. minuta would be one</div><div>of the smallest ant species of the World with a head width of 0.21 mm and total</div><div>length slightly below 1 mm.</div> |
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| ISSN: | 0366-5232 |