| Colobopsis schmitzi | |
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| Colobopsis schmitzi in association with its host plant, Nepenthes bicalcarata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Colobopsis |
| Species: | C. schmitzi
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| Binomial name | |
| Colobopsis schmitzi (Stärcke, 1933)
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Colobopsis schmitzi, synonym Camponotus schmitzi, is a species of ant native to Borneo,[1] which is commonly known as the diving ant, swimming ant or pitcher-plant ant, due to their habit of diving into the digestive fluids of their plant host Nepenthes bicalcarata. They are endemic to the island of Borneo.[2]
- ^ (in French) Schuitemaker, J.P. & A. Stärcke 1933. "Contribution a l'étude de la faune Népenthicole. Art. III. Un nouveau Camponotus de Bornéo, habitant les tiges creuses de Nepenthes, récolté par J. P. Schuitemaker et décrit par A. Stärcke, den Dolder" (PDF).[permanent dead link] Overdruk uit het Natuurhistorisch Maandblad 22(3): 29–31.
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