Colobopsis nigrifrons
Colobopsis nigrifrons | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Colobopsis |
Species: | C. nigrifrons |
Binomial name | |
Colobopsis nigrifrons Mayr, 1870 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -21.211° to -21.211°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Tonga (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.
- nigrifrons. Colobopsis nigrifrons Mayr, 1870b: 943 (q.) TONGA.
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: Tonga (no further data).
- Type-depository: NHMW.
- Combination in Camponotus (Colobopsis): Dalla Torre, 1893: 244;
- combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 272;
- combination in C. (Colobopsis): Emery, 1925b: 146.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1876: 67; Dalla Torre, 1893: 244; Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Emery, 1925b: 146; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 43; Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 97; Dlussky, 1994: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 113; Wetterer, 2002: 128; McArthur, 2012: 186, 213.
- Distribution: Tonga.
Description
References
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 244, Combination in Camponotus (Colobopsis))
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 146, Combination in C. (Colobopsis))
- Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 272, Combination in C. (Myrmamblys))
- Mayr, G. 1870b. Neue Formiciden. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 20: 939-996 (page 943, queen 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
- Dlussky G.M. 1994. Zoogeography of southwestern Oceania. Zhivotnoe naselenie ostrovov Iugo-Zapadnoi Okeanii ekologo-geograficheskie issledovanii 48-93.
- Emery C. 1886. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 5: 363-382
- Wetterer, James K. 2002. Ants of Tonga. Pacific Science. 56.2: 125-135.
- Wheeler W.M. 1935. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
- Wilson E. O.; Taylor, R. W. 1967. The ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pacific Insects Monograph 14:1-109.
- Wilson EO, Taylor RW. 1967. The ants of Polynesia. Pacific Insects Monograph 14:1-109.