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Genus: Carebara

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Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Carebara

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Extant: 161 species, 12 subspecies

Fossil: 6 species

Carebara Westwood, 1840b PDF: 86 Type-species: Carebara lignata, by monotypy. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Carebara in Poneridae, Attidae: Smith, 1858a PDF: 178.
Carebara in Myrmicinae: Mayr, 1865: 23 [Myrmicidae]; Smith, 1871b PDF: 334 [Myrmicidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 74.
Carebara in Myrmicinae, Pheidolini: Emery, 1877b PDF: 81 [Myrmicidae, Pheidolidae].
Carebara in Myrmicinae, Myrmicariini: Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 383.
Carebara in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini: Forel, 1893b PDF: 164; Emery, 1895l PDF: 770; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 140; Wheeler, 1922: 663; Kusnezov, 1964 PDF: 61; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 74; Jaffe, 1993: 10; Bolton, 2003 PDF: 61.
Carebara in Myrmicinae, Pheidologeton genus group: Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 81; Bolton, 1987 PDF: 265.
Carebara in Myrmicinae, Pheidologetini: Emery, 1914e: 41; Arnold, 1916 PDF: 248; Forel, 1917 PDF: 244; Emery, 1924f PDF: 219; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16; Bolton, 1994: 106 [Pheidologetonini].
Genus Carebara references
Smith, 1858a PDF: 178 (Carebara diagnosis); Roger, 1863b PDF: 32 (Carebara catalogue); Mayr, 1863a PDF: 402 (Carebara catalogue); Mayr, 1865: 23 (Carebara diagnosis); Mayr, 1867a PDF: 106 (Carebara diagnosis); Dalla Torre, 1893: 74, 78 (Carebara, Oligomyrmex, Aeromyrma catalogues); Bingham, 1903 PDF: 150 (Carebara diagnosis); Bingham, 1903 PDF: 154 (Oligomyrmex India, Sri Lanka & Burma species key); Santschi, 1913e PDF: 459 (African Oligomyrmex, key); Santschi, 1914d PDF: 363 (Afrotropical Carebara species key); Arnold, 1916 PDF: 248, 254, 256 (Carebara, Aneleus, Aeromyrma diagnoses); Wheeler, 1922: 165, 687 (Aeromyrma diagnosis, Oligomyrmex subgenera key); Wheeler, 1922: 168, 172, 883 (Carebara diagnosis, Afrotropical species key, Afrotropical catalogue); Wheeler, 1922: 177, 884 (Paedalgus diagnosis, Afrotropical catalogue); Wheeler, 1922: 880, 881, 882 (Afrotropical Aneleus, Oligomyrmex, Aeromyrma catalogues); Wheeler, 1922: 1028 (Malagasy Oligomyrmex, Aeromyrma catalogues); Emery, 1924f PDF: 213 (Aneleus diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924f PDF: 215 (Aneleus (Lecanomyrma) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924f PDF: 215 (Oligomyrmex (Aeromyrma) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924f PDF: 217 (Carebara (Oligomyrex) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924f PDF: 218 (Erebomyrma diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924f PDF: 219 (Carebara diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924f PDF: 221 (Paedalgus diagnosis, catalogue); Weber, 1950a PDF: 1 (Africa Oligomyrmex species, synopsis); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 151, 154, 156, 158 (Asia Carebara, Aeromyrma, Aneleus, Oligomyrmex, Paedalgus checklists); Weber, 1952: 11 (Africa Carebara (Aeromyrma) species key); Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 119 (Oligomyrmex diagnosis, review of genus, checklist); Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 125 (Carebara diagnosis, review of genus, checklist); Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 128 (Paedalgus diagnosis, review of genus, checklist); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 74 (Carebara Neotropical catalogue); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 172 (Oligomyrmex Neotropical catalogue); Smith, 1979: 1389 (Oligomyrmex North America catalogue); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 71 (Oligomyrmex Australia catalogue); Taylor, 1987a PDF: 50 (Oligomyrmex Australia, New Caledonia checklist); Taylor, 1991db: 605 (Oligomyrmex Australia species, partial key); Brandão, 1991 PDF: 342 (Oligomyrmex Neotropical catalogue); Morisita, Kubota, et al. 1992: 45 (Oligomyrmex Japan species key); Bolton & Belshaw, 1993 PDF: 181 (Paedalgus diagnosis, all species revision, key); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1048, 1051 (Carebara, Oligomyrmex, Paedalgus census); Bolton, 1995b: 133, 298, 311 (Carebara, Oligomyrmex, Paedalgus catalogues); Wu & Wang, 1995a: 74 (Oligomyrmex China species key); Terayama, 1996B: 24 (Oligomyrmex Japan species key); Shattuck, 1999: 148 (Oligomyrmex Australia synopsis); Xu, 2003: 311 (Oligomyrmex China species key); Terayama, 2009 PDF: 151 (Taiwan species key).
Genus Carebara references
Smith, 1858a PDF: 178 (Carebara diagnosis); Roger, 1863b PDF: 32 (Carebara catalogue); Mayr, 1863a PDF: 402 (Carebara catalogue); Mayr, 1865: 23 (Carebara diagnosis); Mayr, 1867a PDF: 106 (Carebara diagnosis); Dalla Torre, 1893: 74, 78 (Carebara, Oligomyrmex, Aeromyrma catalogues); Bingham, 1903 PDF: 150 (Carebara diagnosis); Bingham, 1903 PDF: 154 (Oligomyrmex India, Sri Lanka & Burma species key); Santschi, 1913e PDF: 459 (African Oligomyrmex, key); Santschi, 1914d PDF: 363 (Afrotropical Carebara species key); Arnold, 1916 PDF: 248, 254, 256 (Carebara, Aneleus, Aeromyrma diagnoses); Wheeler, 1922: 165, 687 (Aeromyrma diagnosis, Oligomyrmex subgenera key); Wheeler, 1922: 168, 172, 883 (Carebara diagnosis, Afrotropical species key, Afrotropical catalogue); Wheeler, 1922: 177, 884 (Paedalgus diagnosis, Afrotropical catalogue); Wheeler, 1922: 880, 881, 882 (Afrotropical Aneleus, Oligomyrmex, Aeromyrma catalogues); Wheeler, 1922: 1028 (Malagasy Oligomyrmex, Aeromyrma catalogues); Emery, 1924f PDF: 213 (Aneleus diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924f PDF: 215 (Aneleus (Lecanomyrma) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924f PDF: 215 (Oligomyrmex (Aeromyrma) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924f PDF: 217 (Carebara (Oligomyrex) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924f PDF: 218 (Erebomyrma diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924f PDF: 219 (Carebara diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924f PDF: 221 (Paedalgus diagnosis, catalogue); Weber, 1950a PDF: 1 (Africa Oligomyrmex species, synopsis); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 151, 154, 156, 158 (Asia Carebara, Aeromyrma, Aneleus, Oligomyrmex, Paedalgus checklists); Weber, 1952: 11 (Africa Carebara (Aeromyrma) species key); Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 119 (Oligomyrmex diagnosis, review of genus, checklist); Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 125 (Carebara diagnosis, review of genus, checklist); Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 128 (Paedalgus diagnosis, review of genus, checklist); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 74 (Carebara Neotropical catalogue); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 172 (Oligomyrmex Neotropical catalogue); Smith, 1979: 1389 (Oligomyrmex North America catalogue); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 71 (Oligomyrmex Australia catalogue); Taylor, 1987a PDF: 50 (Oligomyrmex Australia, New Caledonia checklist); Taylor, 1991db: 605 (Oligomyrmex Australia species, partial key); Brandão, 1991 PDF: 342 (Oligomyrmex Neotropical catalogue); Morisita, Kubota, et al. 1992: 45 (Oligomyrmex Japan species key); Bolton & Belshaw, 1993 PDF: 181 (Paedalgus diagnosis, all species revision, key); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1048, 1051 (Carebara, Oligomyrmex, Paedalgus census); Bolton, 1995b: 133, 298, 311 (Carebara, Oligomyrmex, Paedalgus catalogues); Wu & Wang, 1995a: 74 (Oligomyrmex China species key); Terayama, 1996B: 24 (Oligomyrmex Japan species key); Shattuck, 1999: 148 (Oligomyrmex Australia synopsis); Xu, 2003: 311 (Oligomyrmex China species key); Terayama, 2009 PDF: 151 (Taiwan species key).

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