Colobopsis rufifrons

Colobopsis rufifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Colobopsis
Species:	C. rufifrons
Binomial name
Colobopsis rufifrons (Smith, F., 1860) Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Colobopsis rufifrons leucopus (Emery, 1914)

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -0.616667° to -20.992°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Fiji, Indonesia (type locality), New Guinea.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Allotype of Colobopsis rufifrons leucopa. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0249089. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by BPBM, Honolulu, HI, USA.

Worker. Specimen code casent0280244. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by PSWC, Philip S. Ward Collection.

Worker. Specimen code casent0280245. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by PSWC, Philip S. Ward Collection.

Syntype of Camponotus rufifrons leucopus. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0905471. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Worker. Specimen code casent0906969. Photographer Michele Esposito, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Nomenclature

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

• rufifrons. Formica rufifrons Smith, F. 1860b: 95 (w.q.) INDONESIA (Batjan I.). Mayr, 1870b: 945 (w.). Combination in Colobopsis: Mayr, 1862: 691; in Camponotus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 250; in C. (Colobopsis): Forel, 1914a: 272. Combination in Colobopsis: Ward, et al., 2016: 350. Current subspecies: nominal plus leucopus.

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

Formica rufifrons

One worker syntype and one queen syntype in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “Bac.”

References

• Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 250, Combination in Camponotus)
• Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 272, Combination in C. (Colobopsis))
• Mayr, G. 1862. Myrmecologische Studien. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 12: 649-776 (page 691, Combination in Colobopsis)
• Mayr, G. 1870b. Neue Formiciden. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 20: 939-996 (page 945, worker described)
• Smith, F. 1860b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Bachian, Kaisaa, Amboyna, Gilolo, and at Dory in New Guinea. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 5(17b)(suppl. to vol. 4 4: 93-143 (page 95, worker, queen 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

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• Wheeler, William Morton. 1927. The Ants of Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 62(4): 121-153
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