Colobopsis cotesii

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Colobopsis cotesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Colobopsis
Species: C. cotesii
Binomial name
Colobopsis cotesii
(Forel, 1893)

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 22.88333333° to 22.88333333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: China.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • cotesii. Camponotus (Colobopsis) cotesii Forel, 1893b: 438 (w.) INDIA (Uttarakhand).
    • Type-material: holotype minor worker.
    • Type-locality: India: Mussoori Hills (G.A.J. Rothney).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • [Misspelled as cottesi by Emery, 1925b: 147.]
    • Bingham, 1903: 345 (s.).
    • Combination in Colobopsis: Ward, Blaimer & Fisher, 2016: 350.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Bingham, 1903: 345; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 223; Bolton, 1995b: 94; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 351; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 61; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 28; McArthur, 2012: 38; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 24.
    • Distribution: China, India.

Description

Major

Bingham (1903): Black, shining, with very sparse short erect black pubescence; the truncated front of the head, including the base of the clypeus, the scape and flagellum of the antennae, and the front of the mandibles reddish chestnut, the legs dark brownish chestnut; two spots at the base of the abdomen, a line along the base of the 2nd abdominal segment and two lateral spots at the base of the 3rd segment testaceous yellow. Head very massive anteriorly, above coarsely rugose. Thorax comparatively broad, widely emarginate at the meso-metanotal suture; metanotum raised, rounded, somewhat conical; legs stout, short, femora and tibiae especially of the anterior legs broad, strongly compressed. Node of pedicel transverse, notched above ; abdomen massive, broadly oval.

Length: 8 mm


Minor

Bingham (1903): Similar to major, smaller and slighter; head obtuse anteriorly; metanotum truncate posteriorly. Node of pedicel longer than broad, very convex in front, flat posteriorly.

Length: 4.5 - 6 mm

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Chen Y. Q., Q. Li, Y. L. Chen, Z. X. Lu, X. Y. Zhou. 2011. Ant diversity and bio-indicators in land management of lac insect agroecosystem in Southwestern China. Biodivers. Conserv. 20: 3017-3038.