Colobopsis quadriceps convexior

Colobopsis quadriceps convexior
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Colobopsis
Species:	C. quadriceps
Subspecies:	C. quadriceps convexior
Trinomial name
Colobopsis quadriceps convexior (Viehmeyer, 1914)

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.

Nomenclature

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

• convexior. Camponotus (Colobopsis) quadriceps var. convexior Viehmeyer, 1914a: 115, fig. (s.w.) INDONESIA (Seram).
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Indonesia: Seram (“Ceram”), (Freiburger Molukken-Expd.) (E. Streesemann).
  • Type-depository: MNHU (perhaps also SMTD).
  • Combination in Colobopsis: Ward, Blaimer & Fisher, 2016: 350.
  • Subspecies of quadriceps: Emery, 1925b: 150; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 226; Bolton, 1995b: 94; McArthur, 2012: 50.
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Seram).

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 94, catalogue)
• Viehmeyer, H. 1914a. Ameisen aus Perak, Bali und Ceram (Hym.) (Freiburger Molukken-Expedition), gesammelt von E. Streesemann. Entomol. Mitt. 3: 112-116 (page 115, fig. soldier, worker 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).