Colobopsis nutans

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Colobopsis nutans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Colobopsis
Species: C. nutans
Binomial name
Colobopsis nutans
(Mayr, 1867)

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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.

  • nutans. Camponotus nutans Mayr, 1867c: 440 (w.) (no state data).
    • Type-material: holotype minor worker.
    • Type-locality: unknown ("am Schiffe gefunden") (G. Ritter von Frauenfeld).
    • [Note: see comments by Emery, 1926: 8.]
    • Type-depository: NHMW.
    • [Misspelled as nitens by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 232.]
    • Combination in C. (Myrmosphincta): Forel, 1914a: 273;
    • combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Emery, 1925b: 140; Emery, 1926: 8;
    • combination in C. (Myrmotemnus): Santschi, 1926c: 601;
    • combination in Colobopsis: Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 41.
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1879: 662 (redescription, footnote); Dalla Torre, 1893: 245; Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Emery, 1900d: 707; Emery, 1925b: 140; Emery, 1926: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 114.
    • Distribution: Malaysia? (Emery, 1925b: 140).
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus cleliae.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • 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
  • Emery C. 1926. Ultime note mirmecologiche. Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 58: 1-9.
  • Emery C. Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 40: 661-722.
  • Emery, C.. "Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) (2) 20, no. 40 (1900): 661-722.