{{Short description|Genus of ants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Colobostruma foliacea psw10121-13 profile 1.jpg |image_caption = ''Colobostruma foliacea'' worker |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Colobostruma |authority = Wheeler, 1927 |type_species = ''Epopostruma leae'' |type_species_authority = Wheeler, 1927 |diversity_link = #Species |diversity = 16 species |diversity_ref = <ref name="AntCat">{{AntCat|429548|''Colobostruma''|2014|accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> |synonyms = ''Alistruma'' <small>Brown, 1948</small><br> ''Clarkistruma'' <small>Brown, 1948</small> }}
'''''Colobostruma''''' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.<ref name="AWColobostruma"/> All except one species are restricted to Australia. The only non-Australian species, ''C. foliacea'', is found in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.<ref name="Shattuck_2000"/>
==Species== *''Colobostruma alinodis'' <small>(Forel, 1913)</small> *''Colobostruma australis'' <small>Brown, 1959</small> *''Colobostruma biconcava'' <small>Shattuck, 2000</small> *''Colobostruma biconvexa'' <small>Shattuck, 2000</small> *''Colobostruma bicorna'' <small>Shattuck, 2000</small> *''Colobostruma cerornata'' <small>Brown, 1959</small> *''Colobostruma elliotti'' <small>(Clark, 1928)</small> *''Colobostruma foliacea'' <small>(Emery, 1897)</small> *''Colobostruma froggatti'' <small>(Forel, 1913)</small> *''Colobostruma lacuna'' <small>Shattuck, 2000</small> *''Colobostruma leae'' <small>(Wheeler, 1927)</small> *''Colobostruma mellea'' <small>Shattuck, 2000</small> *''Colobostruma nancyae'' <small>Brown, 1965</small> *''Colobostruma papulata'' <small>Brown, 1965</small> *''Colobostruma sisypha'' <small>Shattuck, 2000</small> *''Colobostruma unicorna'' <small>Shattuck, 2000</small>
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="AWColobostruma">{{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Colobostruma&rank=genus&project=allantwebants |title= Genus: ''Colobostruma'' |date= |website=antweb.org |publisher=AntWeb |accessdate=23 September 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="Shattuck_2000">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</ref>
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==External links== *{{commonscat-inline|Colobostruma|''Colobostruma''}}
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Category:Myrmicinae Category:Ant genera Category:Ants of Australia Category:Taxa named by William Morton Wheeler
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