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Colobopsis perneser
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Colobopsis |
| Species: | C. perneser |
| Binomial name | |
| Colobopsis perneser (Bolton, 1995)
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), Sulawesi.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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
Images from AntWeb
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| Holotype of Tapinoma nitida. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0901908. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by OUM, Oxford, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- nitida. Tapinoma nitida Smith, F. 1860a: 69 (q.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi).
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- [Note: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 457, cites 1q OXUM (confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).]
- Type-locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi (“Celebes”), Makassar, “Mak.” (A.R. Wallace).
- Type-depository: OXUM.
- [Junior secondary homonym of Formica nitida Smith, F. 1859a: 138.]
- Combination in Camponotus (Colobopsis): Donisthorpe, 1932c: 457.
- Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 14; Mayr, 1863: 455; Smith, F. 1871a: 309; Dalla Torre, 1893: 166; Emery, 1901g: 567; Emery, 1913a: 42; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 457; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 193.
- Replacement name: Camponotus perneser Bolton, 1995b: 117.
- perneser. Camponotus perneser Bolton, 1995b: 117.
- Replacement name for Tapinoma nitida Smith, F. 1860a: 69. [Junior secondary homonym of Formica nitida Smith, F. 1859a: 138.]
- Combination in Colobopsis: Ward, Blaimer & Fisher, 2016: 350.
- Distribution: Indonesia (Sulawesi).
The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):
Tapinoma nitida
Holotype queen in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “Mak.” (= Makassar, Sulawesi).
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 117, Replacement name for Tapinoma nitida, catalogue)
- Smith, F. 1860a. Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at Celebes. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 5(17b)(suppl. to vol. 4 4: 57-93 (page 69, [Junior secondary homonym of Formica nitida Smith, F. 1859a: 138.])
- 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
- Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
- Emery C. 1901. Formiciden von Celebes. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 14:565-580.
- Emery C. 1913. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137: 1-50.
- Shattuck S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112: i-xix, 1-241.