Colobopsis culmicola

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Colobopsis culmicola (Wheeler, 1905) junior synonym of current valid taxon Colobopsis impressa Roger, 1863

Camponotus (Colobopsis) culmicola Wheeler, 1905c: 117, figs. V, W; pl. 7, figs. 10, 11 (s.w.q.m.) BAHAMAS (New Providence, Andros). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Mackay & MacKay, 2018: 156). Primary type locality: lectotype Bahamas: New Providence I., Nassau, nr Blue Hills, v.-vi.1904 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 7 paralectotype major workers, 8 paralectotype minor workers, 1 paralectotype queen, 2 paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, MCZC. Type notes: Other original syntype locality: Bahamas: Andros I., Southern Bight, v.-vi.1904 (W.M. Wheeler) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 42; no lectotype designated).

Lectotype designation: Mackay & MacKay, 2018: 156.
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953e: 190 (l.)
Combination in Colobopsis: Ward et al., 2016: 350.
Status as species: Mann, 1920b: 439; Emery, 1925d: 147; Smith, 1954c: 12; Kempf, 1972b: 42; Bolton, 1995b: 95; McArthur, 2012: 60.
Junior synonym of Colobopsis impressa: Mackay & MacKay, 2018: 144.

Obsolete combinations

Camponotus culmicola

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Mackay, W. P.; MacKay, E. E. 2018. Revision of the New World cork-headed ants of the genus Colobopsis. Mauritius: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 279 pp. PDF
Mann, W. M. 1920b. Additions to the ant fauna of the West Indies and Central America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 42:403-439. PDF
McArthur, A. J. 2012. A guide to Colobopsis ants of the world. Adelaide: South Australian Museum, 234 pp.
Smith, M. R. 1954c. Ants of the Bimini Island Group, Bahamas, British West Indies (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1671:1-16. PDF
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 4072:343-357. PDF
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1953e. The ant larvae of the subfamily Formicinae. Part II. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 46:175-217. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1905c. The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21:79-135. PDF

Extant: 0 valid subspecies (1 synonym)

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