Colobopsis corallina

Colobopsis corallina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Colobopsis
Species:	C. corallina
Binomial name
Colobopsis corallina Roger, 1863 Specimen Label
Synonyms
Camponotus solenobius Menozzi, 1926

Identification

Neck attached to head well below vertex. Head sides: convex, tapering. Setae: cheeks, absent. Setae: scape, present. Integument: forehead, glossy. Setae: under head, absent. Setae: mesosoma dorsum, sparse. Propodeal angle: rounded. Propodeal dorsum: mostly straight. Node: blunt.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 14.155193° to 6.088056°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Philippines (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Nomenclature

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

• corallina. Colobopsis corallina Roger, 1863a: 159 (w.) PHILIPPINES (Luzon).
  • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
  • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
  • Type-locality: Philippines: Luzon, Manila (no collector’s name).
  • Type-depository: MNHU.
  • Combination in Camponotus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 226;
  • combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 271;
  • combination in C. (Myrmotemnus): Emery, 1920b: 258;
  • combination in C. (Colobopsis): Emery, 1925b: 150;
  • combination in Colobopsis: Ward, Blaimer & Fisher, 2016: 350.
  • Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 10; Mayr, 1863: 459; Smith, F. 1871a: 307; Dalla Torre, 1893: 226; Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Wheeler, W.M. 1909d: 343; Emery, 1925b: 150; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 223; Baltazar, 1966: 269; Bolton, 1995b: 94; McArthur, 2012: 36; Laciny, Zettel, Kopchinskiy, et al. 2018: 29.
  • Senior synonym of solenobius: Laciny, Zettel, Kopchinskiy, et al. 2018: 29 (in text).
  • Distribution: Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao).
• solenobius. Camponotus (Colobopsis) solenobius Menozzi, 1926e: 97 (q.) PHILIPPINES (Mindanao).
  • Type-material: syntype queens (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: Philippines: Mindanao, Butuan, no. 19449 (C.F. Baker), Mindanao, Iligan, no. 19449 (C.F. Baker).
  • Type-depository: IEUB.
  • Combination in Colobopsis: Ward, Blaimer & Fisher, 2016: 350.
  • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 227; Baltazar, 1966: 270; Bolton, 1995b: 124; McArthur, 2012: 124.
  • Junior synonym of corallina: Laciny, Zettel, Kopchinskiy, et al. 2018: 29 (in text).

References

• Baltazar, C.R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758-1963). Pacific Insects Monographs 8: 1-488. (page 269, listed)
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 94, catalogue)
• Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 226, combination in Camponotus)
• Emery, C. 1920b. Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 8: 229-260 (page 258, combination in C. (Myrmotemnus))
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 150, combination in C. (Colobopsis))
• Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 271, combination in C. (Myrmamblys))
• General, D.E.M. 2021. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Mt. Pantaron Range, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines. Halteres, 12:4-14 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5371745).
• Laciny, A., Zettel, H., Kopchinskiy, A., Pretzer, C., Pal, A., Salim, K.A., Rahimi, M.J., Hoenigsberger, M., Lim, L., Jaitrong, W., Druzhinina, I.S. 2018. Colobopsis explodens sp. n., model species for studies on “exploding ants” (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with biological notes and first illustrations of males of the Colobopsis cylindrica group. ZooKeys 751: 1-40 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.751.22661).
• Roger, J. 1863a. Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7: 131-214 (page 159, worker described)
• Ward, P.S., Blaimer, B.B., Fisher, B.L. 2016. A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex. Zootaxa 4072 (3): 343–357 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4072.3.4).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Wheeler W. M. 1909. Ants of Formosa and the Philippines. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26: 333-345.