Colobopsis obliqua

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Colobopsis obliqua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Colobopsis
Species: C. obliqua
Binomial name
Colobopsis obliqua
(Smith, M.R., 1930)

Camponotus obliquus casent0103722 profile 1.jpg

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Specimen labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 38.993374° to 24.69786°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: United States (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Flight Period

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Source: antkeeping.info.

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

Camponotus obliquus casent0103723 head 1.jpgCamponotus obliquus casent0103723 profile 1.jpgCamponotus obliquus casent0103723 dorsal 1.jpg
Worker. Specimen code casent0103723. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ABS, Lake Placid, FL, USA.

Queen

Images from AntWeb

Camponotus obliquus casent0103725 head 1.jpgCamponotus obliquus casent0103725 profile 1.jpgCamponotus obliquus casent0103725 profile 2.jpgCamponotus obliquus casent0103725 dorsal 1.jpgCamponotus obliquus casent0103725 label 1.jpg
Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0103725. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ABS, Lake Placid, FL, USA.

Nomenclature

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

  • obliqua. Camponotus (Colobopsis) obliquus Smith, M.R. 1930b: 567 (s.) U.S.A. Combination in Colobopsis: Ward, et al., 2016: 350.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Ivanov K., L. Hightower, S. T. Dash, and J. B. Keiper. 2019. 150 years in the making: first comprehensive list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Virginia, USA. Zootaxa 4554 (2): 532–560.
  • MacGown J. A., J. G. Hill, R. L. Brown, T. L. Schiefer, J. G. Lewis. 2012. Ant diversity at Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge in Oktibbeha, Noxubee, and Winston Counties, Mississippi. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Bulletin 1197: 1-30
  • MacGown J. A., R. L. Brown, J. G. Hill, and B. Layton. 2007. Carpenter ants of Mississippi. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Bulletin 1158: 1-35.
  • MacGown, J.A., J.G. Hill, R.L. Brown and T.L. 2009. Ant Diversity at Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge in Oktibbeha, Noxubee, and Winston Counties, Mississippi Report #2009-01. Schiefer. 2009.