Biology:Colobopsis explodens
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Short description: Species of Asian ant
Colobopsis explodens | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Genus: | Colobopsis |
Species: | C. explodens
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Binomial name | |
Colobopsis explodens Laciny & Zettel 2018[1]
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Colobopsis explodens is a species of ant which is found in Southeast Asia. It is noted for a rare combat mechanism of workers exploding in self-defense, smothering the enemy with toxic and often deadly secretion.[1]
Defenses
The species was formerly known informally as "yellow goo", named after the brightly colored gunk produced by its exploding worker ants.[2]
Territory
Their colonies can contain thousands of individual ants and inhabit the leafy canopies of trees that stand as tall as 197 feet (60 meters) and cover an area of at least 26,900 square feet (2,500 square meters).[2]
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References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Laciny, A.; Zettel, H.; Kopchinskiy, A.; Pretzer, C.; Pal, A.; Salim, K.A.; Rahimi, M.J; Hoenigsberger, M. et al. (2018). "Colobopsis explodens sp. n., model species for studies on "exploding ants" (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with biological notes and first illustrations of males of the Colobopsis cylindrica group". ZooKeys (751): 1–40. doi:10.3897/zookeys.751.22661. PMID 29706783.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Weisberger, Mindy; April 19, Senior Writer |; ET, 2018 02:07pm (19 April 2018). "Exploding Ants Kill Foes, and Themselves, with a Blast of Toxic Goo". https://www.livescience.com/62354-exploding-ants-new-species.html.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q52063622 entry
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colobopsis explodens.
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