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Colobopsis obliqua
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Colobopsis |
| Species: | C. obliqua |
| Binomial name | |
| Colobopsis obliqua (Smith, M.R., 1930)
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 38.993374° to 24.69786°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Nearctic Region: United States (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
Flight Period
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Castes
Worker
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0103723. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by ABS, Lake Placid, FL, USA. |
Queen
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| Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0103725. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by ABS, Lake Placid, FL, USA. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- obliqua. Camponotus (Colobopsis) obliquus Smith, M.R. 1930c: 567 (s.) U.S.A. (Mississippi).
- Type-material: 3 syntype major workers.
- Type-locality: U.S.A.: Mississippi, 5 mi. SW Starkville (J.M. Langston).
- Type-depositories: MCZC, MSUS, USNM.
- [Misspelled as obliquis by McArthur, 2012: 76.]
- Mackay & Mackay, 2018: 185 (w.q.m.).
- Combination in Colobopsis: Ward, Blaimer & Fisher, 2016: 350.
- Status as species: Smith, M.R. 1931a: 23; Creighton, 1950a: 394; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 846; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1433; Bolton, 1995b: 114; McArthur, 2012: 76; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 66; MacGown, et al. 2007: 14; Deyrup, 2017: 196; Mackay & Mackay, 2018: 179 (redescription).
- Distribution: Bahamas, U.S.A.
Description
References
- MacGown, J.A., Booher, D., Richter, H., Wetterer, J.K., Hill, J.G. 2021. An updated list of ants of Alabama (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with new state records. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 147: 961-981 (doi:10.3157/061.147.0409).
- Smith, M. R. 1930d. Description of three new North American ants, with biological notes. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 23: 564-568 (page 567, soldier 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
- Ivanov K., L. Hightower, S. T. Dash, and J. B. Keiper. 2019. 150 years in the making: first comprehensive list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Virginia, USA. Zootaxa 4554 (2): 532–560.
- MacGown J. A., J. G. Hill, R. L. Brown, T. L. Schiefer, J. G. Lewis. 2012. Ant diversity at Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge in Oktibbeha, Noxubee, and Winston Counties, Mississippi. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Bulletin 1197: 1-30
- MacGown J. A., R. L. Brown, J. G. Hill, and B. Layton. 2007. Carpenter ants of Mississippi. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Bulletin 1158: 1-35.
- MacGown, J.A., J.G. Hill, R.L. Brown and T.L. 2009. Ant Diversity at Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge in Oktibbeha, Noxubee, and Winston Counties, Mississippi Report #2009-01. Schiefer. 2009.