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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Formicinae » Camponotini » Colobopsis

Genus Colobopsis

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Print References · Works Cited
Camponotus mississipiensis - Colobopsis mississippiensis Camponotus impressus? - Colobopsis impressa Brown winged ant - Colobopsis mississippiensis Female, Colobopsis? - Colobopsis papago Female, Colobopsis? - Colobopsis papago Colobopsis riehlii alate - Colobopsis riehlii - female Colobopsis mississippiensis Colobopsis papago? - Colobopsis papago
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Formicinae
Tribe Camponotini
Genus Colobopsis
Other Common Names
Janitor Ants; Gate-keeper Ants
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sometimes considered to be a full genus.
Explanation of Names
Colobopsis Mayr, 1861
Numbers
Krombein et al. (1) list 7 species.
Identification
Soldiers and females have a cylindrical, truncated head, which the soldiers use to block the entrance hole to the nest. (1) See photo
Range
Most abundant in the southern US. (1)
Habitat
These ants nest in hollow twigs or branches, insect galls, and nuts. (1)
Print References
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.
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 16 January, 2010 - 9:06am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 28 December, 2018 - 4:13pm

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