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Colobopsis schmeltzi
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Colobopsis |
| Species: | C. schmeltzi |
| Binomial name | |
| Colobopsis schmeltzi (Mayr, 1866)
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -16.583° to -19.11833°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Fiji (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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 Provided. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0187063. Photographer Evan P. Economo, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by EMSC. |
   
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| Not Provided. Worker. Specimen code casent0187073. Photographer Evan P. Economo, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by EMSC. |
   
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0280259. Photographer Estella Ortega, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by PSWC, Philip S. Ward Collection. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- schmeltzi. Camponotus schmeltzi Mayr, 1866a: 490 (w.) FIJI IS (Ovalau).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Fiji Is: Ovalau I. (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: NHMW.
- Mann, 1921: 484 (s.).
- Combination in C. (Myrmogonia): Forel, 1912i: 92;
- combination in Colobopsis: Ward, Blaimer & Fisher, 2016: 350.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1876: 59 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 251; Emery, 1896d: 375 (in list); Mann, 1921: 484; Emery, 1925b: 144; Mann, 1925b: 6; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 41; Dlussky, 1994: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 122; McArthur, 2012: 188; Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 63.
- Senior synonym of loloma: Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 63.
- Distribution: Fiji Is.
- loloma. Camponotus (Myrmogonia) schmeltzii var. loloma Mann, 1921: 486, fig. 33 (w.) FIJI IS (Lau).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- [Note: Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 63, cite 1w syntype MCZC.]
- Type-locality: Fiji Is: Lau I, Kabara, 1915-16 (W.M. Mann).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- [Misspelled as laloma by McArthur, 2012: 190.]
- Subspecies of schmeltzi: Emery, 1925b: 144; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 41; Bolton, 1995b: 109; McArthur, 2012: 190.
- Junior synonym of schmeltzi: Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 63.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1912j. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 59-92 (page 92, Combination in C. (Myrmogonia))
- Mann, W. M. 1921. The ants of the Fiji Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 64: 401-499 (page 484, soldier described)
- Mayr, G. 1866a. Myrmecologische Beiträge. Sitzungsber. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. Abt. I 53: 484-517 (page 490, worker described)
- Robson, S. 2020. Spiny Ants (Polyrhachis). Encyclopedia of Social Insects, pp. 1–6. (doi:10.1007@978-3-319-90306-4_115-1).
- Sarnat, E.M. & Economo, E.P. 2012. The ants of Fiji: 384 pp. UC Publications in Entomology, University of California Press.
- 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
- 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.
- Mann W. M. 1925. Ants collected by the University of Iowa Fiji-New Zealand Expedition. Stud. Nat. Hist. Iowa Univ. 11(4): 5-6.
- 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