Colobopsis leonardi grisea

Colobopsis leonardi grisea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Colobopsis
Species:	C. leonardi
Subspecies:	C. leonardi grisea
Trinomial name
Colobopsis leonardi grisea (Karavaiev, 1929)

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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.

• grisea. Camponotus (Colobopsis) leonardi var. grisea Karavaiev, 1929c: 243 (s.w.) INDONESIA (Java).
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
  • [Note: Martynov & Radchenko, 2016: 248, cite 8w syntypes NMAS (plus 22w in alcohol).]
  • Type-localities: Indonesia: Java, Depok, nr Buitenzorg (= Bogor), 12.xii.1912, no. 2351 (W. Karawajew), Java, Tjampea, nr Buitenzorg, 20.xii.1912, no. 2389 (W. Karawajew), Java, Buitenzorg, no. 3851 (W. Karawajew).
  • Type-depository: NMAS (perhaps also SIZK).
  • Combination in Colobopsis: Ward, Blaimer & Fisher, 2016: 350.
  • Subspecies of leonardi: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 225; Bolton, 1995b: 102; McArthur, 2012: 46.
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Java).

The following notes on V.A. Karavaiev type specimens have been provided by Martynov & Radchenko (2016) based on material held in the Institute of Zoology, Ukrainian Academy of Science:

Type locality(-ies): “Depok bei Bujtenzorg, Java, 12.XII.1912 (Nr. 2351), Soldaten. – Tjampea bei Bujtenzorg, 20.XII.1912 (Nr. 2389), Soldaten und ww.—Bujtenzorg (Nr. 3851), ww”.

Original Karawajew label(-s): “Camponotus (Colobopsis) / leonardi Em. v. grisea Kar. / Depok, Java, 12.XII.1912, 2351 / V. Karavaiev”.

Material: SYNTYPES, 8 w (newly mounted, IN 314/6/1), 22 w, 10 pupae (in alcohol, IN 314/BAMS1/Karaw51).

References

• Karavaiev, V. 1929e. Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. VI. Zb. Prats Zool. Muz. 7:235-248 [= Tr. Vseukr. Akad. Nauk Fiz.-Mat. Vidd. 13:233-246]. (page 243, soldier, worker described)
• Martynov, A.V., Radchenko, A.G. 2016. Karawajew's ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Zootaxa 4097 (2): 244–254.
• Radchenko, A.G., Fisher, B.L., Esteves, F.A., Martynova, E.V., Bazhenova, T.N., Lasarenko, S.N. 2023. Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa, 5244(1), 1–32 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.1).
• 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).