Carebara Westwood 1840 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Synonyms: Aeromyrma Forel 1891, Erebomyrma Wheeler 1903, Oligomyrmex Mayr 1867, Pheidologeton Mayr 1862

Full reference: J. O. Westwood. 1840. Observations on the genus Typhlopone, with descriptions of several exotic species of ants. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6:81-89

Parent taxon: Crematogastrini according to P. S. Ward et al. 2015

See also Assmann 1870, Bolton 2003, Bolton 2012, Carpenter 1992, Fischer et al. 2014 and Wheeler 1915

Sister taxa: Cardiocondyla, Cataulacus, Crematogaster, Eocenomyrma, Gauromyrmex, Hypopomyrmex, Leptothorax, Lonchomyrmex, Lophomyrmex, Lordomyrma, Meranoplus, Myrmecina, Nesomyrmex, Oxyidris, Parameranoplus, Podomyrma, Pristomyrmex, Proatta, Proleptothorax, Stigmomyrmex, Stiphromyrmex, Temnothorax, Tetramorium, Thanacomyrmex, Vollenhovia

Subtaxa: Carebara antiqua Carebara bohemica Carebara groehni Carebara kutscheri Carebara nitida Carebara rugiceps Carebara schossnicensis Carebara sophiae Carebara thorali Carebara ucrainica

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (1 collection)

• Miocene of China (1), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (2), Italy (1), Poland (1)

• Oligocene of France (1)

• Eocene of Germany (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), Ukraine (1)

Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences

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