Genus Colobostruma Wheeler, 1927

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• Colobostruma Wheeler, W.M. 1927. The physiognomy of insects. Quarterly Review of Biology 2: 1-36 [32] [described with subgeneric rank in Epopostruma Forel, 1895].

  Type species:

   Epopostruma (Colobostruma) leae Wheeler, 1927 by monotypy.
• Clarkistruma Brown, W.L. jr 1948. A preliminary generic revision of the higher Dacetini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 74: 101-129 [27 July 1948] [124].

  Type species:

   Epopostruma alinodis Forel, 1913 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Brown, W.L. jr 1973. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. pp. 161–185 in Meggers, B.J., Ayensu, E.S. & Duckworth, W.D. (eds) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press. [177]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New Guinea and east Melanesia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), King (KIN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR) ; NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Mallee (MAL), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN)

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Aug-2012		25-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		14-Feb-2011	MODIFIED
		25-May-2010	MODIFIED