Colobopsis macarangae

This species nests in the myrmecophytic plant Macaranga lamellata in undisturbed forests in Sarawak. The plants provide domatia for nesting and produce food bodies. The ants also tend Coccus species on the plant. A second ant species (Crematogaster) sp., also inhabitats this plant but only one nest of one of these species is found on any given plant.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia.

Nomenclature

 *  macarangae. Camponotus macarangae Dumpert, 1996: 38, fig. 5 (w.q.m.) BORNEO. Combination in Colobopsis: Ward, et al., 2016: 350.