Colobostruma

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Colobostruma
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Colobostruma foliacea worker
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Colobostruma
Wheeler, 1927
Type species
Epopostruma leae
Wheeler, 1927
Diversity [1]
16 species
Synonyms

AlistrumaBrown, 1948
ClarkistrumaBrown, 1948

Colobostruma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. [2] All except one species are restricted to Australia. The only non-Australian species, C. foliacea, is found in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. [3]

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References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Colobostruma". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. "Genus: Colobostruma". antweb.org. AntWeb . Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. Shattuck, S. O. 2000. "Genus Colobostruma. Genus Mesostruma. Genus Epopostruma." Pp. 31-67 in: Bolton, B. 2000. "The ant tribe Dacetini." Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 65: 1-1028