''Colobopsis abdita'' (synonym ''Camponotus abditus'') is a species of
carpenter ant
Carpenter ants (''Camponotus'' spp.) are large () ants indigenous to many forested parts of the world.
They build nests inside wood consisting of galleries chewed out with their mandibles or jaws, preferably in dead, damp wood. However, unl ...
endemic to
Guatemala. It was described by
Forel in 1899.
Based on specimen collections, ''C. abditus'' ants are found in
montane rainforest edge habitats, at elevations of 1,140 metres (3,740 ft). This species is rather small. Workers are normally 3.5 – 4 mm in length, soldiers at 5 – 6 mm, males at 4 - 4.5 mm, and the queens are 7.5 mm, making them the largest of the colony.
[Wheeler, W. M. 1934g. Neotropical ants collected by Dr. Elisabeth Skwarra and others. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 77: 157-240 (page 216, soldier, worker, male described)]
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Insects of Central America
Insects described in 1899
Colobopsis
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