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Colobopsis laotsei
| Colobopsis laotsei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Colobopsis |
| Species: | C. laotsei |
| Binomial name | |
| Colobopsis laotsei (Wheeler, W.M., 1921) | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China (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. |
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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.
- laotsei. Camponotus (Colobopsis) laotsei Wheeler, W.M. 1921c: 545 (s.w.) CHINA (Zhejiang).
- Type-material: 3 syntype major workers, 3 syntype minor workers.
- Type-locality: China: Mokanshan (N.G. Gee).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Combination in Colobopsis: Ward, Blaimer & Fisher, 2016: 350.
- Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 146; Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 77; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 224; Bolton, 1995b: 107; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 68; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 29; McArthur, 2012: 196.
- Distribution: China.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 107, catalogue)
- 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).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1921c. Chinese ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 64: 529-547 (page 545, soldier, worker described)