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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
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Myrmicinae
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Carebara
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Carebara vidua
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Carebara
vidua
Smith, 1858
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Carebara vidua
Smith, 1858a
: 179 (m.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype male. Primary type locality: South Africa: Port Natal (= Durban) (no collector’s name). Primary type depository:
BMNH
. Primary type specimen:
CASENT0902401
.
Mayr, 1866b
: 904 (q.);
Forel, 1901l
: 392 (w.)
Status as species:
Mayr, 1863a
: 402;
Roger, 1863b
: 32;
Mayr, 1866b
: 904;
Emery, 1877
: 377;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 74;
Mayr, 1895
: 144;
Emery, 1899a
: 500;
Forel, 1901l
: 392;
Forel, 1904j
: 13;
Forel, 1910e
: 12;
Emery, 1912c
: 2;
Santschi, 1913c
: 307;
Forel, 1913b
: 337;
Santschi, 1914b
: 84;
Santschi, 1914d
: 363 (in key);
Arnold, 1916
: 249;
Wheeler, 1922
: 172 (in key), 884;
Emery, 1924f
: 220;
Menozzi, 1930b
: 109;
Menozzi, 1933a
: 104;
Finzi, 1939a
: 165;
Ettershank, 1966
: 127;
Robertson & Villet, 1989a
: 121;
Bolton, 1995b
: 133;
Hita Garcia
et al.
, 2013
: 209;
Madl, 2019
: 14.
Senior synonym of
Carebara vidua abdominalis
:
Forel, 1913b
: 337;
Arnold, 1916
: 252;
Wheeler, 1922
: 884;
Bolton, 1995b
: 133.
Senior synonym of
Carebara colossus
:
Mayr, 1866b
: 904;
Emery, 1877
: 378;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 74;
Santschi, 1913c
: 306;
Wheeler, 1922
: 884;
Emery, 1924f
: 220;
Menozzi, 1930b
: 109;
Bolton, 1995b
: 133.
Senior synonym of
Carebara vidua dux
:
Mayr, 1866b
: 904;
Emery, 1877
: 377;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 74;
Santschi, 1913c
: 306;
Wheeler, 1922
: 884;
Emery, 1924f
: 220;
Menozzi, 1930b
: 109;
Bolton, 1995b
: 133.
Junior synonyms
Carebara colossus
Gerstäcker, 1859
Carebara vidua abdominalis
Santschi, 1912
Carebara vidua dux
Smith, 1858
Obsolete combination(s):
Carebara dux
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
C. v. fur
Santschi, 1928
Citations
Arnold, G.
1916.
A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part II. Ponerinae, Dorylinae.
Annals of the South African Museum 14:159-270.
PDF
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Dalla Torre, K. W.
1893.
Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna).
Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp.
PDF
Emery, C.
1877.
Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte prima. Formiche provenienti dal Viaggio dei signori Antinori, Beccari e Issel nel Mar Rosso e nel paese dei Bogos. [Combined reference].
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 9:363-381.
Emery, C.
1899a.
Formiche dell'ultima spedizione Bottego.
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 39[=(2)19]:499-501.
PDF
Emery, C.
1912c.
Formiche raccolte durante i viaggi di S. A. R. la Duchessa Elena d'Aosta nella regione dei grandi laghi dell'Africa equatoriale.
Annuario del Museo Zoologico della Reale Università de Napoli (n.s.)3(26):1-2.
Emery, C.
1924f ("1922").
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.].
Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397.
PDF
Ettershank, G.
1966.
A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to
Solenopsis
and
Pheidologeton
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Australian Journal of Zoology 14:73-171.
PDF
Finzi, B.
1939a.
Materiali zoologici dell'Eritrea raccolti da G. Müller durante la spedizione dell'Istituto Sieroterapico Milanese e conservati al Museo di Trieste. Parte III. Hymenoptera: Formicidae.
Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste 14:153-168.
PDF
Forel, A.
1901l.
Fourmis termitophages, Lestobiose,
Atta tardigrada
, sous-genres d'
Euponera
.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45:389-398.
PDF
Forel, A.
1904j.
Hymenoptera, Formicidae.
Pp. 13-15 in:
Wasmann, E.
1904.
Termitophilen aus dem Sudan.
In:
Jägerskiöld, L. A.
1904.
Results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Egypt and the White Nile, 1901. Part 1 (no. 13).
Uppsala: Library of the Royal University of Uppsala, 21 pp.
PDF
Forel, A.
1910e.
Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905 von Dr. Leonhard Schultze. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. D) Formicidae.
Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 16:1-30.
PDF
Forel, A.
1913b.
Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc.
Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 2:306-351.
PDF
Hita Garcia, F.
;
Wiesel, E.
;
Fischer, G.
2013.
The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography.
Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222.
PDF
Madl, M.
2019.
Notes on the ant fauna of Eritrea (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Type specimens deposited in the Natural History Museum Vienna (Austria) and a preliminary checklist.
Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie B Für Botanik Und Zoologie 121:9-18.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1863a.
Formicidarum index synonymicus.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1866b.
Diagnosen neuer und wenig gekannter Formiciden.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 16:885-908.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1895.
Afrikanische Formiciden.
Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 10:124-154.
PDF
Menozzi, C.
1930b.
Formiche della Somalia italiana meridionale.
Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 9:76-130.
PDF
Menozzi, C.
1933a.
Raccolte mirmecologiche dell'Africa orientale conservate nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" di Genova. II. Formiche dell'Uganda e delle isole Sesse raccolte dal Dr. E. Bayon. [concl.].
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 56:113-114.
Robertson, H. G.
;
Villet, M. H.
1989a.
Colony founding in the ant
Carebara
vidua
: the dispelling of a myth.
South African Journal of Science 85:121-122.
PDF
Roger, J.
1863b.
Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1913c.
Glanures de fourmis africaines.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:302-314.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1914b.
Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae.
Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1914d.
Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri.
Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8:309-385.
PDF
Smith, F.
1858a.
Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae.
London: British Museum, 216 pp.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1922.
Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition.
New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
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