The Ants of Africa
Genus Carebara
Carebara silvestrii Santschi

Carebara silvestrii Santschi

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Guinea (Carebara Silvestrii n. sp., Santschi, 1914d: 362, worker) from Mamou, collector F. Silvestri, 1913; worker only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

{Carebara silvestrii}Santschi's (1914d) description, together with his illustrated key, is at {original description}.

TL 1.5-1.8; mandibles 4-toothed, petiolar node one-fourth narrower than the postpetiole (Wheeler, 1922).

{short description of image} The photomontage of a cotype is collated from http://mcz-28168.oeb.harvard.edu/mcz/FMPro?-DB=Image.fm&-Lay=web&-Format=images.htm&Species_ID=20970&-Find

{Carebara silvestrii}The photomontage is adapted from the Antweb.org site at http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0408873
Collection Information: CASENT0408873 Locality Central African Republic: Prefecture Sangha-Mbaéré: Réserve Spéciale de Forêt Dense de Dzanga-Sangha, 12.7 km 326° NW Bayanga; 03°00'18"N 016°11'36"E 420 m; Collection codes: BLF04100; Date: 10-17 May 2001; Collected by: B.L.Fisher; Method: EC19 sifted litter; Habitat: rainforest; Transect Type: MW 50 sample transect, 5m Transect Sample No.: 45

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