Biology:Colobopsis explodens

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Short description: Species of Asian ant

Colobopsis explodens
Colobopsis explodens (10.3897-zookeys.751.22661) Figure 2.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Colobopsis
Species:
C. explodens
Binomial name
Colobopsis explodens
Laciny & Zettel 2018[1]

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

Scheme of a worker ant's anatomy
Colobopsis explodens pupa

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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q52063622 entry