MCZ Entomology 20964

Carebara polyphemus (Wheeler, W.M., 1928)

Syntype of Oligomyrmex polyphemus

Date Collected:

1865/1928

Asia: China: Guangdong | Tungshan, near Guangzhou

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:20964 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Carebara polyphemus (Wheeler, W.M., 1928)
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Myrmicinae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Oligomyrmex polyphemus Wheeler, W.M. 1928
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Myrmicinae
Determiner: William Morton Wheelerlinked data icon on 1928-12-31
Nature of ID: type ID

Wheeler 1928, page 21, Syntype of Oligomyrmex polyphemus Wheeler, W.M. 1928
Media type: image; Wheeler 1928 Description: Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in China.;

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Shows Publication: Wheeler 1928 Description: Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in China.

  • type number: 20964

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pointed) good in collection 3 History
caste = worker  

Attribute Value Determination On
collection Gift of Wm. M. Wheeler [no agent data]

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  • Label: "Types", "MCZ Type 4-6 20964"

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  • Continent:
  • Asia
  • Country:
  • China
  • State/Province:
  • Guangdong
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005232 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Tungshan, near Guangzhou
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Tungshan; Canton
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Canton is variant name for Guangzhou (GeoNames 5/18)
  • Georeference:
  • 23.1166670°, 113.250000° (Error radius: 301m) By: Nelson Rios on 2018-10-03 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2018-10-03)[Note: a coordinate uncertainty of 301m is given by Biogeomancer and GeoLocate when unable to determine an uncertainty]
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1865-01-01 / 1928-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Date range determined as no earlier than collector's birth and no later than type publication.
  • Collector:
  • Filippo Silvestri

  • None

Media type: text; Entomology 20946; 20947; 20948; 20949; 20950; 20951; 20952; 20953; 20954; 20955; 20956; 20957; 20958; 20959; 20961; 20962; 20963; 20964; 20965; 20967; 20968; 20969; 20970; 20971; 20972; 20973; 20974; 20975; 20976; 20977; 20979; 20980; 20981; 20982; 20983; 20986; 20988; 20989; 20992; 20996; 20997; 20998; 20999; 21000; 21001; 21002; 20994; 20978; 20993; 20960; 20966; 20984; 20985; 20987; 21003; 21004; 21005; 20990; 20991; 20995 Description: MCZ Entomology Diptera 017197-023313, pg.65;

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