Colobopsis cylindrica

Colobopsis cylindricuas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Colobopsis
Species:	C. cylindrica
Binomial name
	Colobopsis cylindrica; (Fabricius, 1798) Specimen labels
Synonyms
	Colobopsis doriae Mayr, 1872;

Identification

Keys including this Species

Key to Colobopsis of India

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 4.533333333° to -3.97°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Borneo (type locality), Indonesia, Malaysia.
Malagasy Region: Mauritius.
Oriental Region: Thailand.

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.

Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb


Worker. Specimen code casent0102444. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

cylindrica. Formica cylindrica Fabricius, 1798: 280 (q.) INDIA (no state data).
- Type-material: holotype (?) queen.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: India: “Habitat in India Mus. Dom. Bosc.”) (no further data)
- Type-depository: unknown.
- [Notes (i): Zimsen, 1964: 425, did not find any specimens in ZMUC or ZMUK; (ii) type-locality India is repeated in Fabricius, 1804: 404, but Latreille, 1802c: 122, gave “l’Isle-de-France” (= Mauritius) as locality.]
- Combination in Colobopsis: Mayr, 1862: 691;
- combination in Camponotus (Colobopsis): Emery, 1889b: 517;
- combination in Colobopsis: Ward, Blaimer & Fisher, 2016: 350.
- Status as species: Latreille, 1802c: 121; Fabricius, 1804: 404; Smith, F. 1858b: 15; Mayr, 1863: 403; Roger, 1863b: 9; Smith, F. 1871a: 303; Forel, 1891b: 77 (redescription); Dalla Torre, 1893: 227; Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Emery, 1917a: 97; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1054; Emery, 1925b: 149; Menozzi, 1932d: 9; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 223; Bolton, 1995b: 95; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 14; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 36; McArthur, 2012: 38, 206; Khachonpisitsak, et al. 2020: 48.
- Senior synonym of doriae: Emery, 1917a: 97; Emery, 1925b: 149; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 223, 224; Bolton, 1995b: 95.
- Distribution: India, Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia (Sarawak), Mauritius (?), Thailand.
doriae. Colobopsis doriae Mayr, 1872: 137 (w.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Malaysia: Sarawak, 1865-67 (G. Doria & O. Beccari).
- Type-depository: NHMW.
- Emery, 1900d: 707 (s.q.).
- Combination in Camponotus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 228;
- combination in C. (Colobopsis): Forel, 1913k: 133.
- Status as species: Emery, 1887a: 217; Dalla Torre, 1893: 228; Emery, 1896d: 375 (in list); Emery, 1900d: 707; Emery, 1901g: 568; Forel, 1911d: 377; Forel, 1912n: 67; Forel, 1913k: 133; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 116.
- Junior synonym of cylindrica: Emery, 1917a: 97; Emery, 1925b: 149; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 223, 224; Bolton, 1995b: 97.

Description

References

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References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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