Colobopsis saundersi
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Colobopsis saundersi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Genus: | Colobopsis |
Species: | C. saundersi |
Binomial name | |
Colobopsis saundersi (Emery, 1889) | |
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Colobopsis saundersi (synonym Camponotus saundersi), also called the Malaysian exploding ant, is a species of ant found in Malaysia and Brunei, belonging to the genus Colobopsis. A worker can explode suicidally and aggressively as an ultimate act of defense, an ability it has in common with several other species in this genus and a few other insects.[1] The ant has an enormously enlarged mandibular gland, many times the size of other ants, which produces adhesive secretions for defense.[2] According to a 2018 study, this species forms a species complex and is probably related to C. explodens, which is part of the C. cylindrica group.[3]