Colobopsis nutans

Colobopsis nutans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Colobopsis
Species:	C. nutans
Binomial name
	Colobopsis nutans; (Mayr, 1867) Specimen Labels
Subspecies
	Colobopsis nutans cleliae (Santschi, 1926);

Identification

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

nutans. Camponotus nutans Mayr, 1867c: 440 (w.) (no state data).
- Type-material: holotype minor worker.
- Type-locality: unknown ("am Schiffe gefunden") (G. Ritter von Frauenfeld).
- [Note: see comments by Emery, 1926: 8.]
- Type-depository: NHMW.
- [Misspelled as nitens by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 232.]
- Combination in C. (Myrmosphincta): Forel, 1914a: 273;
- combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Emery, 1925b: 140; Emery, 1926: 8;
- combination in C. (Myrmotemnus): Santschi, 1926c: 601;
- combination in Colobopsis: Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 41.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1879: 662 (redescription, footnote); Dalla Torre, 1893: 245; Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Emery, 1900d: 707; Emery, 1925b: 140; Emery, 1926: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 114.
- Distribution: Malaysia? (Emery, 1925b: 140).
- Current subspecies: nominal plus cleliae.

Description

References

Emery, C. 1896j. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)5:363-382 (page 374, Type-locality Sumatra)
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 140, Combination in C. (Myrmamblys))
Emery, C. 1926. Ultime note mirmecologiche. Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 58: 1-9 (page 8, Combination in C. (Myrmamblys))
Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 273, Combination in C. (Myrmosphincta))
Mayr, G. 1867d. [Untitled. Hymenopteren.]. Pp. 440-442 in: Frauenfeld, G. R. von. Zoologische Miscellen. XI. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 17:425-502. (page 440, worker described)
Santschi, F. 1926c. Nouvelles notes sur les Campontous. Rev. Suisse Zool. 33: 597-618 (page 601, Combination in C. (Myrmotemnus))
Ward, P.S., Boudinot, B.E. 2021. Grappling with homoplasy: taxonomic refinements and reassignments in the ant genera Camponotus and Colobopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 79, 37–56 (doi:10.3897/asp.79.e66978).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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
Emery C. 1926. Ultime note mirmecologiche. Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 58: 1-9.
Emery C. Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 40: 661-722.
Emery, C.. "Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) (2) 20, no. 40 (1900): 661-722.