Colobopsis quadriceps

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Colobopsis quadriceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Colobopsis
Species: C. quadriceps
Binomial name
Colobopsis quadriceps
(Smith, F., 1859)

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies
Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 2.316667° to -7.734722222°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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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Worker. Specimen code casent0280264. Photographer Estella Ortega, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by PSWC, Philip S. Ward Collection.
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Holotype of Formica nitidaWorker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0901907. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by OUM, Oxford, UK.
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Holotype of Formica angulataWorker. Specimen code casent0901909. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by OUM, Oxford, UK.
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Type of Camponotus quadricepsWorker. Specimen code casent0901971. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by OUM, Oxford, UK.
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Syntype of Camponotus quadriceps nanaWorker. Specimen code casent0905469. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Nomenclature

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

  • angulata. Formica angulata Smith, F. 1859a: 139 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru I.). Junior synonym of quadriceps: Emery, 1896d: 375.
  • nitida. Formica nitida Smith, F. 1859a: 138 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru I.). [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Formica nitida Razoumowsky, 1789: 427.] Junior synonym of quadriceps: Mayr, 1863: 403.
  • quadriceps. Formica quadriceps Smith, F. 1859a: 137 (s.w.) INDONESIA (Aru I.). Mayr, 1862: 692 (q.); Karavaiev, 1929c: 243 (m.). Combination in Colobopsis: Mayr, 1862: 692; in Camponotus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 249; in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 272; in C. (Colobopsis): Emery, 1920b: 259. Combination in Colobopsis: Ward, et al., 2016: 350. Senior synonym of nitida: Mayr, 1863: 403; of angulata: Emery, 1896d: 375; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 453. Current subspecies: nominal plus convexior, curvata, nanula.

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Formica angulata

Holotype worker in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “Aru.”

Formica quadriceps

Holotype worker in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “Aru.”

Formica nitida

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Holotype worker major in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. There is no locality label on the specimen (may have been lost) but Smith gives “Aru” in the original description. The specimen has both Smith and Donisthorpe det. labels.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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