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Silver banded colobopsis ID


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#1 Offline Leo - Posted June 29 2019 - 10:26 PM

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So I have had these queens for a while now, but can't find an ID. Any ideas?

 

Location: China, Hong Kong

Where it was found: At school next to lamp (also where the golden tree ants are found)

Area: On mountain, quite heavily forested

Size: Queen is about 7mm, worker is 4mm

Description:

(queen) Redish black head, Brown, black and orange thorax, Orange and silver (shiny silver) bands on gaster, short hairs

(worker) Brownish black, shiny, short hairs, yellowish legs

 

 

 

 


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#2 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 21 2019 - 6:21 PM

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never seen these before, try to contact a myrmecologist.



#3 Online Canadian anter - Posted July 21 2019 - 6:34 PM

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Wow! Those are awesome. I love the silver bands. Wonder how they look when the ants are gorged on food
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#4 Offline VoidElecent - Posted July 22 2019 - 5:28 AM

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Absolutely incredible. Please keep us updated



#5 Offline Ferox_Formicae - Posted July 23 2019 - 6:42 AM

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These are not Colobopsis. They are Camponotus. As for the species, I cannot find a single species that matches this. They are most likely in the subgenus Myrmentoma, but I'm not for certain with that assumption.


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#6 Offline NickAnter - Posted July 23 2019 - 10:27 AM

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Why are they not Colobopsis? The face is truncated.

Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 


#7 Offline PacificNorthWestern - Posted July 23 2019 - 12:03 PM

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some species of camponotus have this feature to and i agree on camponotus to



#8 Offline CatsnAnts - Posted July 23 2019 - 12:22 PM

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Why are they not Colobopsis? The face is truncated.


I agree, they do appear to be Colobopsis, but take what I say with a grain of salt.

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#9 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 23 2019 - 6:17 PM

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Contact a myrmecologist. Probably new speicies.


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#10 Online Canadian anter - Posted July 23 2019 - 6:56 PM

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Contact a myrmecologist. Probably new speicies.

He's in Hong Kong. Would be surprised if it was a new species. I assume the ants there are fairly well recorded
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#11 Offline Ferox_Formicae - Posted July 23 2019 - 7:18 PM

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Why are they not Colobopsis? The face is truncated.


I agree, they do appear to be Colobopsis, but take what I say with a grain of salt.

 

Upon closer examination of the nanitic, the mesosoma matches that of a species of Camponotus, and the queens do appear to have the basic body shape of a Camponotus in the subgenus Myrmentoma. If they were Colobopsis, which is unlikely, the closest match would be Colobopsis equus, but that is unlikely as Colobopsis equus has a different head shape, lower petiole, and a wide variety of other features that rule out this species.


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#12 Online Canadian anter - Posted July 23 2019 - 7:24 PM

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Why are they not Colobopsis? The face is truncated.


I agree, they do appear to be Colobopsis, but take what I say with a grain of salt.
Upon closer examination of the nanitic, the mesosoma matches that of a species of Camponotus, and the queens do appear to have the basic body shape of a Camponotus in the subgenus Myrmentoma. If they were Colobopsis, which is unlikely, the closest match would be Colobopsis equus, but that is unlikely as Colobopsis equus has a different head shape, lower petiole, and a wide variety of other features that rule out this species.
I checked the key for Colobopsis species in the area (there are only two on record) and I think this is fairly good judgement
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#13 Offline Leo - Posted July 25 2019 - 11:05 PM

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Why are they not Colobopsis? The face is truncated.


I agree, they do appear to be Colobopsis, but take what I say with a grain of salt.

 

Upon closer examination of the nanitic, the mesosoma matches that of a species of Camponotus, and the queens do appear to have the basic body shape of a Camponotus in the subgenus Myrmentoma. If they were Colobopsis, which is unlikely, the closest match would be Colobopsis equus, but that is unlikely as Colobopsis equus has a different head shape, lower petiole, and a wide variety of other features that rule out this species.

 

I stand corrected, so no one have any ideas on a possible speices?



#14 Offline Leo - Posted July 25 2019 - 11:07 PM

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Also, one of the queens died, the other is fine.



#15 Offline Leo - Posted July 25 2019 - 11:28 PM

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I'll make a special journal for these guys later.


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