Colobopsis mathildeae

Colobopsis mathildeae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Colobopsis
Species:	C. mathildeae
Binomial name
Colobopsis mathildeae (Smith, M.R., 1949)

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 21.54264° to 17.183333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Mexico (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.

• mathildeae. Camponotus (Colobopsis) mathildeae Smith, M.R. 1949d: 178, figs. 1-3 (s.w.) MEXICO.
  • Type-material: holotype major worker, paratype minor workers (number not stated).
  • [Note: Mackay & Mackay, 2018: 168, cite 3w minor paratypes, and report that the holotype major worker could not be found.]
  • Type-locality: Mexico: D.F., 28.i.1948 (intercepted in quarantine at Laredo, Texas; 96044, 48-1936) .
  • Type-depositories: MCZC, USNM.
  • Mackay & Mackay, 2018: 165 (q.).
  • Combination in Colobopsis: Ward, Blaimer & Fisher, 2016: 350.
  • Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 42; Bolton, 1995b: 110; McArthur, 2012: 72; Mackay & Mackay, 2018: 159 (redescription).
  • Distribution: Mexico, U.S.A.

References

• Smith, M. R. 1949d. A new species of Camponotus, subg. Colobopsis from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 57: 177-181 (page 178, figs. 1-3 soldier, worker described)
• 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).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944