Colobopsis laminata

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Colobopsis laminata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Colobopsis
Species: C. laminata
Binomial name
Colobopsis laminata
(Mayr, 1866)

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Specimen Label

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -16.583° to -19.11833°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Fiji (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

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • laminata. Camponotus laminatus Mayr, 1866a: 489, fig. 4 (w.) FIJI IS (Ovalau).
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Fiji Is: Ovalau I. (no collector’s name).
    • Type-depository: NHMW.
    • Mann, 1921: 477 (s.q.m.).
    • 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: 237; Emery, 1896d: 375 (in list); Mann, 1921: 477; Emery, 1925b: 144; Mann, 1925b: 6; Santschi, 1928c: 71; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 41; Dlussky, 1994: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 107; McArthur, 2012: 28; Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 58.
    • Distribution: Fiji Is.

Description

References

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.
  • Santschi F. 1928. Fourmis de îles Fidji. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 35: 67-74.
  • 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