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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 » Colobopsis etiolata

Species Colobopsis etiolata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Colobopsis etiolata (Wheeler) - Colobopsis etiolata - female Colobopsis etiolata (Wheeler) - Colobopsis etiolata - female Colobopsis etiolata (Wheeler) - Colobopsis etiolata - female Colobopsis etiolata (Wheeler) - Colobopsis etiolata - female unknown arboreal ant - Colobopsis etiolata Colobopsis etiolata
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
Species etiolata (Colobopsis etiolata)
Explanation of Names
Colobopsis etiolata (Wheeler, 1904)
Range
c. TX to C. Amer. (Ant Wiki)
Habitat
oak/juniper woodland (1)
Life Cycle
nocturnal
Remarks
Described from numerous specimens of all four phases taken at Austin, Texas, in the woody galls of Disholcaspis cinerosus (Cynipidae) on the live-oaks (Quercus virginiana).
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.
Wheeler, W.M. 1904. The American ants of the subgenus Colobopsis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 20: 139-158.
Internet References
AntWeb
Ant Wiki
Works Cited
1.Ward P.S. (2002-) AntWeb
Contributed by Steven Wang on 28 December, 2018 - 2:38am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 29 December, 2018 - 6:42pm

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