# Colobostruma

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{{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](/source/William_Morton_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](/source/genus) of [ant](/source/ant)s in the [subfamily](/source/subfamily) [Myrmicinae](/source/Myrmicinae).<ref name="AWColobostruma"/> All except one species are restricted to Australia. The only non-Australian species, ''C. foliacea'', is found in [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea) and the [Solomon Islands](/source/Solomon_Islands).<ref name="Shattuck_2000"/>

==Species==
*''[Colobostruma alinodis](/source/Colobostruma_alinodis)'' <small>(Forel, 1913)</small>
*''[Colobostruma australis](/source/Colobostruma_australis)'' <small>Brown, 1959</small>
*''[Colobostruma biconcava](/source/Colobostruma_biconcava)'' <small>Shattuck, 2000</small>
*''[Colobostruma biconvexa](/source/Colobostruma_biconvexa)'' <small>Shattuck, 2000</small>
*''[Colobostruma bicorna](/source/Colobostruma_bicorna)'' <small>Shattuck, 2000</small>
*''[Colobostruma cerornata](/source/Colobostruma_cerornata)'' <small>Brown, 1959</small>
*''[Colobostruma elliotti](/source/Colobostruma_elliotti)'' <small>(Clark, 1928)</small>
*''[Colobostruma foliacea](/source/Colobostruma_foliacea)'' <small>(Emery, 1897)</small>
*''[Colobostruma froggatti](/source/Colobostruma_froggatti)'' <small>(Forel, 1913)</small>
*''[Colobostruma lacuna](/source/Colobostruma_lacuna)'' <small>Shattuck, 2000</small>
*''[Colobostruma leae](/source/Colobostruma_leae)'' <small>(Wheeler, 1927)</small>
*''[Colobostruma mellea](/source/Colobostruma_mellea)'' <small>Shattuck, 2000</small>
*''[Colobostruma nancyae](/source/Colobostruma_nancyae)'' <small>Brown, 1965</small>
*''[Colobostruma papulata](/source/Colobostruma_papulata)'' <small>Brown, 1965</small>
*''[Colobostruma sisypha](/source/Colobostruma_sisypha)'' <small>Shattuck, 2000</small>
*''[Colobostruma unicorna](/source/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](/source/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>

}}

==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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