Colobostruma

Colobostruma
Colobostruma foliacea worker
Scientific classification
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]

Species

• Colobostruma alinodis (Forel, 1913)
• Colobostruma australis Brown, 1959
• Colobostruma biconcava Shattuck, 2000
• Colobostruma biconvexa Shattuck, 2000
• Colobostruma bicorna Shattuck, 2000
• Colobostruma cerornata Brown, 1959
• Colobostruma elliotti (Clark, 1928)
• Colobostruma foliacea (Emery, 1897)
• Colobostruma froggatti (Forel, 1913)
• Colobostruma lacuna Shattuck, 2000
• Colobostruma leae (Wheeler, 1927)
• Colobostruma mellea Shattuck, 2000
• Colobostruma nancyae Brown, 1965
• Colobostruma papulata Brown, 1965
• Colobostruma sisypha Shattuck, 2000
• Colobostruma unicorna Shattuck, 2000

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

External links

• Media related to Colobostruma at Wikimedia Commons