The Ants of Africa
Genus Carebara
Carebara arnoldi (Forel)

Carebara arnoldi (Forel)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Zimbabwe (Oligomyrmex Arnoldi n. sp., Forel, 1913a: 123, worker; in Carebara, Santschi, 1914d: 363), collected at Bulawayo, by Arnold; worker only described .

{Carebara arnoldi}Forel's (1913a) description is at {original description}. Arnold (1916: 253) gave a translation, this is at {original description}.

Forel thought it was the first Oligomyrmex to be found in Africa and noted it was found in soil.

{Carebara arnoldi}The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0908920
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