Colobopsis longi

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Colobopsis longi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Colobopsis
Species: C. longi
Binomial name
Colobopsis longi
(Forel, 1902)

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (type locality).

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

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Camponotus longiWorker. Specimen code casent0910596. Photographer Will Ericson, 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.

  • longi. Camponotus (Colobopsis) longi Forel, 1902d: 284 (s.w.) INDIA (Assam, Meghalaya).
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: India: Assam (Long), India: Assam (now Meghalaya), Garo Hills (Long), India: Assam (now Meghalaya), Cherrapunji (Nissor).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in Colobopsis: Ward, Blaimer & Fisher, 2016: 350.
    • Status as species: Forel, 1903a: 710; Emery, 1925b: 147; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 225; Bolton, 1995b: 109; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 82; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 25.
    • Distribution: India.

Description

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