Checklist of Colobopsis species

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Colobopsis
Formicinae
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Colobopsis cerberulus
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Distribution
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Species Richness
Statistics
Valid Species 117
Invalid Species 39
Fossils 1
Countries Occupied 73
Year Described 1861
First Species Described 1798
Last Species Described 2021

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Colobopsis. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Colobopsis species and for distribution information see Colobopsis species by Country.

A

abdita (Forel, 1899) (Guatemala, Mexico)
acuta Mackay, 2018 (United States)
anderseni (McArthur & Shattuck, 2001) (Australia)
annetteae (McArthur & Shattuck, 2001) (Australia)
aruensis (Karavaiev, 1933) (Indonesia, New Guinea)
aurata (Karavaiev, 1935) (Vietnam)

B

badia (Smith, F., 1857) (Borneo, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka)
badia krama (Forel, 1912) (Indonesia)
brachycephala (Santschi, 1920) (Vietnam)
bryani (Santschi, 1928) (Fiji)

C

calva (Emery, 1920) (Malaysia)
camelus (Emery, 1883) (New Caledonia)
cerberula (Emery, 1920) (Mexico)
ceylonica (Emery, 1925) (Sri Lanka)
   • Colobopsis testacea Bingham, 1903

clerodendri Emery, 1887 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)
concavitruncata Mackay, 2018 (Mexico)
conica Mayr, 1876 (Tonga)
conithorax (Emery, 1914) (Australia, New Guinea, Vanuatu)
corallina Roger, 1863 (Philippines)
   • Camponotus solenobius Menozzi, 1926

cotesii (Forel, 1893) (China, India)
cristata (Mayr, 1866) (Fiji)
   • Camponotus cristatus nagasau Mann, 1921

custodula (Emery, 1911) (New Guinea)
cylindrica (Fabricius, 1798) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Thailand)
   • Colobopsis doriae Mayr, 1872

D

dentata Mayr, 1866 (Fiji)
desecta (Smith, F., 1860) (New Guinea)

E

elysii (Mann, 1919) (Solomon Islands)
equus (Stitz, 1932) (Indonesia)
etiolata (Wheeler, W.M., 1904) (Mexico, United States)
excavata (Donisthorpe, 1948) (New Guinea)
explodens Laciny & Zettel, 2018 (Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Thailand)

F

fijiana (Özdikmen, 2010) (Fiji)
   • Camponotus dentatus humeralis Wheeler, W.M., 1934

flava Mackay, 2018 (Mexico)
flavolimbata (Viehmeyer, 1922) (Samoa)
   • Camponotus buxtoni Santschi, 1928
   • Camponotus conithorax nautarum Santschi, 1919

G

gasseri Forel, 1894 (Australia, New Guinea)
   • Camponotus gasseri caloratus Wheeler, W.M., 1934
   • Camponotus gasseri lysias Forel, 1913
   • Camponotus gasseri obtusitruncatus Forel, 1902

guppyi (Mann, 1919) (Solomon Islands)

H

horripilus (Emery, 1900) (Indonesia)
hosei (Forel, 1911) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea)
hosei mima (Forel, 1911) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)
howensis (Wheeler, W.M., 1927) (Australia, Lord Howe Island)

I

imitans Schifani, Giannetti, Csősz, Castellucci, Luchetti, Castracani, Spotti, Mori & Grasso, 2021 (Algeria, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Spain)
impressa Roger, 1863 (Bahamas, United States)
   • Camponotus culmicola Wheeler, W.M., 1905
   • Camponotus pylartes Wheeler, W.M., 1904
   • Camponotus pylartes fraxinicola Smith, M.R., 1923
   • Camponotus pylartes hunteri Wheeler, W.M., 1910

K

kadi (Mann, 1921) (Fiji)
   • Camponotus schmeltzi trotteri Mann, 1921

karawaiewi (Menozzi, 1926) (Philippines)

L

laminata (Mayr, 1866) (Fiji)
laotsei (Wheeler, W.M., 1921) (China)
lauensis (Mann, 1921) (Fiji)
leonardi (Emery, 1889) (Borneo, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand)
   • Colobopsis pubescens Mayr, 1862
   • Formica pilosa Smith, F. Smith, F., 1857

leonardi gracilenta (Viehmeyer, 1916) (Philippines, Singapore)
leonardi grisea (Karavaiev, 1929) (Indonesia)
levuana (Mann, 1921) (Fiji)
loa (Mann, 1919) (Solomon Islands)
loa belli (Mann, 1919) (Solomon Islands)
longi (Forel, 1902) (India)

M

maafui (Mann, 1921) (Fiji)
macarangae (Dumpert, 1996) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)
macrocephala (Erichson, 1842) (Australia)
   • Camponotus fictor Forel, 1902
   • Camponotus fictor augustulus Viehmeyer, 1925
   • Colobopsis rufifrons semicarinata Forel, 1895

manni (Wheeler, W.M., 1934) (Fiji)
markli Dumpert, 2004 (Thailand)
mathildeae (Smith, M.R., 1949) (Mexico)
mississippiensis (Smith, M.R., 1923) (United States)
moeschi (Forel, 1910) (Borneo, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia)
moeschi lygaea (Viehmeyer, 1916) (Singapore)
mutilata (Smith, F., 1859) (Indonesia)
mutilata minuscula (Dahl, 1901) (New Guinea)
mutilata stitzi (Özdikmen, 2010) (New Guinea)
   • Camponotus mutilatus luteiventris Stitz, 1938

N

newzealandica (Donisthorpe, 1940) (New Zealand)
nigrifrons Mayr, 1870 (Tonga)
nipponica (Wheeler, W.M., 1928) (China, Japan, Republic of Korea)
nutans (Mayr, 1867) (Indonesia)
nutans cleliae (Santschi, 1926) (Indonesia)

O

obliqua (Smith, M.R., 1930) (United States)
oceanica Mayr, 1870 (Fiji)

P

papago (Creighton, 1953) (Mexico, United States)
perneser (Bolton, 1995) (Indonesia, Sulawesi)
   • Tapinoma nitida Smith, F., 1860

phragmaticola (Donisthorpe, 1943) (India)
polynesica (Emery, 1896) (Fiji)
   • Camponotus janus Mann, 1921
   • Camponotus janussus Bolton, 1995
   • Camponotus maudella Mann, 1921
   • Camponotus maudella seemanni Mann, 1921
   • Camponotus mayriella Mann, 1921
   • Colobopsis carinata Mayr, 1870

pylora (Santschi, 1920) (Vietnam)

Q

quadriceps (Smith, F., 1859) (Indonesia)
   • Formica angulata Smith, F., 1859
   • Formica nitida Smith, F. Smith, F., 1859

quadriceps convexior (Viehmeyer, 1914) (Indonesia)
quadriceps curvata (Stitz, 1911) (New Guinea)
quadriceps nanula (Emery, 1925) (New Guinea)
   • Camponotus quadriceps nana Emery, 1911

R

reepeni (Forel, 1913) (Indonesia)
reichenspergeri (Santschi, 1926) (Indonesia)
riehlii Roger, 1863 (Bahamas, Cuba, Greater Antilles, United States)
   • Camponotus baronii Alayo & Zayas Montero, 1977
   • Camponotus culmicola haweisi Mann, 1920
   • Camponotus triton Wheeler, W.M., 1934

rothneyi (Forel, 1893) (Bangladesh, India, Singapore)
rothneyi krafti (Forel, 1901) (Singapore)
rothneyi makilingi (Viehmeyer, 1916) (Philippines)
rotunda (Klimes & McArthur, 2014) (New Guinea)
rufifrons (Smith, F., 1860) (Fiji, Indonesia, New Guinea)
rufifrons leucopa (Emery, 1914) (New Caledonia)

S

sadina (Mann, 1921) (Fiji)
saginata (Stitz, 1925) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)
sanguinifrons (Viehmeyer, 1925) (Australia, New Guinea)
saundersi (Emery, 1889) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand)
schmeltzi (Mayr, 1866) (Fiji)
   • Colobopsis schmeltzi loloma Mann, 1921

schmitzi (Stärcke, 1933) (Borneo, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia)
severini (Forel, 1909) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)
shohki (Terayama, 1999) (Japan)
siggii (Forel, 1893) (Thailand)
smithiana (Wheeler, W.M., 1919) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)
sommeri (Forel, 1894) (New Caledonia)
stricta (Jerdon, 1851) (Borneo, India, Indonesia, Malaysia)

T

taivanae (Forel, 1913) (Taiwan)
tricolor Stitz, 1912 (New Guinea)
tritschleri (Forel, 1912) (Indonesia)
truncata (Spinola, 1808) (Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Balearic Islands, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Ukraine)
   • Formica fuscipes Mayr, 1853

U

umbratilis (Wheeler, W.M., 1934) (Fiji)

V

vitiensis (Mann, 1921) (Borneo, Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia)
vitrea (Smith, F., 1860) (Australia, Borneo, Brunei Darussalam, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Nicobar Island, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand)
   • Formica incursor Smith, F., 1860
   • Prenolepis adlerzii Forel, 1886

vitrea angustula (Emery, 1925) (Bangladesh, Singapore)
   • Colobopsis angustata Mayr, 1870

vitrea carinata (Stitz, 1938) (New Guinea)
vitrea latinota (Stitz, 1925) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)
vitrea oebalis (Forel, 1911) (Indonesia)
vitrea praelutea (Karavaiev, 1929) (Indonesia)
vitrea praerufa (Emery, 1900) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)
vitrea vittatula (Forel, 1913) (Indonesia, Singapore)

W

wildae (Donisthorpe, 1948) (New Guinea)

Fossil Species

B

brodiei (Donisthorpe, 1920) (Bembridge Marls, Isle of Wight, UK (Priabonian, Late Eocene))