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Colobopsis rufifrons leucopa
| Colobopsis rufifrons leucopa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Colobopsis |
| Species: | C. rufifrons |
| Subspecies: | C. rufifrons leucopa |
| Trinomial name | |
| Colobopsis rufifrons leucopa (Emery, 1914) | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: New Caledonia (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. |
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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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- leucopa. Camponotus (Colobopsis) rufifrons var. leucopus Emery, 1914f: 427, pl. 13, fig. 17 (s.) NEW CALEDONIA.
- Type-material: syntype major workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: New Caledonia: Ouedjo I., nr Hienghiène (F. Sarasin & J. Roux).
- [Note: Emery, 1914f: 428, dubiously associates a single minor worker (in poor condition) from New Caledonia: Canala (F. Sarasin & J. Roux), with the major workers.]
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Santschi, 1928a: 58 (q.).
- Combination in Colobopsis: Ward, Blaimer & Fisher, 2016: 350.
- Subspecies of rufifrons: Emery, 1925b: 146; Santschi, 1928a: 58; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 43; Taylor, 1987a: 16; Bolton, 1995b: 108; McArthur, 2012: 78.
- Distribution: New Caledonia.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1928a. Formicidae (Fourmis). Insects Samoa 5: 41-58 (page 58, 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).