Biology:Colobopsis explodens

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Short description: Species of Asian ant

Colobopsis explodens
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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]

  • Head of Colobopsis explodens worker
    Head of Colobopsis explodens worker
  • Colobopsis explodens worker
    Colobopsis explodens worker
  • Colobopsis explodens worker. (a) vertex of major worker (paratype), (b) gastral tergite I, (c) gastral tergite IV of minor worker (holotype), (d) labels of holotype, minor worker
    Colobopsis explodens worker. (a) vertex of major worker (paratype), (b) gastral tergite I, (c) gastral tergite IV of minor worker (holotype), (d) labels of holotype, minor worker
  • Colobopsis explodens soldier. (a) full-face view, (b) frontal shield (c) lateral view, (d) dorsal view
    Colobopsis explodens soldier. (a) full-face view, (b) frontal shield (c) lateral view, (d) dorsal view
  • Colobopsis explodens queen. (a) full-face view, (b) frontal shield (c) lateral view, (d) dorsal view, (e) forewing with indicated measurements 2r and 4RsM
    Colobopsis explodens queen. (a) full-face view, (b) frontal shield (c) lateral view, (d) dorsal view, (e) forewing with indicated measurements 2r and 4RsM
  • Colobopsis explodens male. (a) full-face view, (b) wings (c) lateral view, (d) dorsal view
    Colobopsis explodens male. (a) full-face view, (b) wings (c) lateral view, (d) dorsal view
  • Colobopsis explodens male reproductive system and genitals. (a) dorsal, (b) ventral (c) lateral view, (d) left penis valve, (e) right volsella and gonostylus
    Colobopsis explodens male reproductive system and genitals. (a) dorsal, (b) ventral (c) lateral view, (d) left penis valve, (e) right volsella and gonostylus

References

  1. ↑ 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. 
  2. ↑ 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. 

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