Colobopsis mutilata minuscula

Colobopsis mutilata minuscula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Colobopsis
Species:	C. mutilata
Subspecies:	C. mutilata minuscula
Trinomial name
Colobopsis mutilata minuscula (Dahl, 1901)

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (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.

Nomenclature

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

• minuscula. Camponotus mutilatus var. minuscula Dahl, 1901: 18 (diagnosis in key) (q.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea) (attributed to Emery).
  • Type-material: holotype queen.
  • Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain I., Ralum (F. Dahl).
  • Type-depository: unknown (perhaps MHNG).
  • [Camponotus mutilatus' var. minusculus Forel, 1901b: 27. Nomen nudum (attributed to Emery).]
  • [Misspelled as miniscula by McArthur, 2012: 142.]
  • Distribution: Papua New Guinea.

References

• Dahl, F. 1901. Das Leben der Ameisen im Bismarck-Archipel, nach eigenen Beobachtungen vergleichend dargestellt. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 2: 1-70.