Colobopsis apostemata

Colobopsis apostemata
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus yogi)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Colobopsis apostemata Mackay, 2018

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Camponotus yogi.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• apostemata. Colobopsis apostemata Mackay, W., in Mackay & Mackay, 2018: 100, figs. 18. 19, 107-112, pls 8-9 (s.w.) MEXICO (Baja California).
  • Type-material: holotype major worker, 5 paratype major workers, 16 paratype minor workers.
  • Type-locality: holotype Mexico: Baja California Norte, Tecate, 9.vi. (no collector’s name); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depositories: LACM (holotype); BMNH, LACM, MCZC, WEMC (paratypes).
  • Combination in Camponotus: Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 45.
  • Junior synyonym of yogi: Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 45.

References

• Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E. 2018. Revision of the New World Cork-Headed ants of the genus Colobopsis: 279 pp. Lambert Academic Publishing.
• Ward, P.S., Boudinot, B.E. 2021. Grappling with homoplasy: taxonomic refinements and reassignments in the ant genera Camponotus and Colobopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 79, 37–56 (doi:10.3897/asp.79.e66978).