4 replies to this topic

[PurdueEntomology]

Hey all, I am curious if any of you have or are currently housing any species in these two genera: Proceratium and Colobopsis?  If so, kindly share your experiences.  

[Leo]

I am keeping two colobopsis right now. Don't know the species, but they have some eggs.

[Ferox_Formicae]

I've kept Colobopsis obliqua and impressa in the past. I keep them inside of hollow twigs that I've cut down the center and put a piece of plastic in the front. That way I can see what's going on inside of the nest. They really like tight spaces, as that's where they nest in the wild. They should be flying soon. I found my first queen on May 31st of last year. It was a Colobopsis obliqua queen. The queens take a while to lay eggs, just as a heads up.

[TennesseeAnts]

I got two Colobopsis obliqua queens last night. I am housing them together and they are both still winged.

[ponerinecat]

I've never heard of anyone keeping Proceratium. A shame, they're really interesting. I do have a theory that their sister genus Discothyrea are polygyne, which could also be true for proceratium. Look at Alex Wilds pictures of them. One picture shows a queen up close. You can see she has a rounded mesosoma while workers have two small spines. Now look at the bottom right corner. There is another ant without spines and with a rounded mesosoma.