Species Colobopsis macrocephala (Erichson, 1842)

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Regional Maps

• Camponotus (Colobopsis) fictor Forel, A. 1902. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10: 405-548 [509].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) GMNH W, New Castle (=Newcastle) and Native Dog Bore, NSW; ANIC W, New Castle (=Newcastle) and Native Dog Bore, NSW.
• Formica macrocephala Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [259].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB *Q, TAS.
• Camponotus (Colobopsis) fictor augustulus Viehmeyer, H. 1925. Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 14: 139-149 [145] [introduced as victor].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB *W,Q, Trial Bay, NSW.
• Colobopsis rufifrons semicarinata Forel, A. 1895. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie, récoltée à The Ridge, Mackay, Queensland par M. Gilbert Turner. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 39: 417-428 [418].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) GMNH W, Mackay, QLD; ANIC W, Mackay, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McArthur, A.J. & Shattuck, S.O. 2001. A review of the Camponotus macrocephalus species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 125: 25-43 [38]

Generic Combinations

• Colobopsis macrocephalus (Erichson, 1842).

General 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 [350] (transferred from previous position as Camponotus macrocephalus)

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