Colobopsis polynesica

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Colobopsis polynesica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Colobopsis
Species: C. polynesica
Binomial name
Colobopsis polynesica
(Emery, 1896)

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -16.5° to -19.0775°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Fiji (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Images from AntWeb

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Not ProvidedWorker. Specimen code casent0187250. Photographer Evan P. Economo, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by EMSC.
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Worker. Specimen code casent0280251. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by PSWC, Philip S. Ward Collection.
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Worker. Specimen code casent0280252. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by PSWC, Philip S. Ward Collection.
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Syntype of Camponotus maudellaWorker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0910585. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Syntype of Camponotus maudellaWorker. Specimen code casent0910586. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • carinata. Colobopsis carinata Mayr, 1870b: 943 (s.) FIJI IS.
    • [Junior secondary homonym of Formica carinata Brullé, 1840: 84.]
    • Combination in Camponotus (Colobopsis): Emery, 1889b: 517.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 271.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmotemnus): Emery, 1920b: 258.
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1876: 67; Dalla Torre, 1893: 223.
    • Replacement name: Camponotus polynesicus Emery, 1896d: 374.
  • janus. Camponotus (Colobopsis) janus Mann, 1921: 498 (s.w.) FIJI IS.
    • [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus petersi var. janus Forel, 1911e: 228.]
    • Replacement name: Camponotus janussus Bolton, 1995b: 106.
  • janussus. Camponotus janussus Bolton, 1995b: 106.
    • Replacement name for Camponotus (Colobopsis) janus Mann, 1921: 498. [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus petersi var. janus Forel, 1911e: 228.]
    • Junior synonym of polynesica: Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 48.
  • polynesica. Camponotus polynesicus Emery, 1896d: 374.
    • Replacement name for Colobopsis carinata Mayr, 1870b: 943. [Junior secondary homonym of Formica carinata Brullé, 1840: 84.]
    • Combination in C. (Colobopsis): Emery, 1925b: 146 (as mayriella).
    • Combination in Colobopsis: Ward, et al. 2016: 350.
    • Status as species: Mann, 1921: 494 (redescription, as mayriella); Bolton, 1995b: 118; Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 48.
    • Senior synonym of mayriella (unnecessary (second) replacement name for carinata Mayr): Bolton, 1995b: 118.
    • Senior synonym of janussus, maudella, seemanni: Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 48.
  • mayriella. Camponotus (Colobopsis) mayriella Mann, 1921: 494.
    • Unnecessary (second) replacement name for carinata Mayr, 1870b: 943.
    • Junior synonym of polynesica: Bolton, 1995b: 110.
  • maudella. Camponotus (Colobopsis) maudella Mann, 1921: 496, fig. 38 (s.w.q.m.) FIJI IS.
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 110.
    • Junior synonym of polynesicus: Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 48.
  • seemanni. Camponotus (Colobopsis) maudella var. seemanni Mann, 1921: 498 (s.w.q.) FIJI IS.
    • Subspecies of maudella: Bolton, 1995b: 123.
    • Junior synonym of polynesica: Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 48.

Description

References

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
  • Mann W. M. 1921. The ants of the Fiji Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 64: 401-499.
  • Sarnat Eli M. 2009. The Ants [Hymenoptera: Formicdiae] of Fiji: Systematics, Biogeography and Conservation of an Island Arc Fauna. 80-252
  • Ward D. 2008. Ecological partitioning and invasive ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a tropical rain forest ant community from Fiji. Pacific Science 62(4): 473-482.
  • Ward, Darren F. and James K. Wetterer. 2006. Checklist of the Ants of Fiji. Fiji Arthropods III 85: 23-47.
  • Wheeler W.M. 1935. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
  • Wheeler, William Morton.1935.Checklist of the Ants of Oceania.Occasional Papers 11(11): 3-56
  • Wilson E.O., and G.L. Hunt. 1967. Ant fauna of Futuna and Wallis islands, stepping stones to Polynesia. Pacific Insects 9(4): 563-584.
  • Wilson, Edward O. and George L. Hunt. 1967. Ant Fauna of Futuna and Wallis Islands, Stepping Stones To Polynesia. Pacific Insects. 9(4):563-584.
  • Wilson, Edward O. and Hunt, George L. Jr. 1967. Ant Fauna of Futuna and Wallis Islands, Stepping Stones to Polynesia. Pacific Insects. 9(4):563-584