Meranoplus excavatus

Meranoplus excavatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Meranoplus
Species:	M. excavatus
Binomial name
Meranoplus excavatus Clark, 1938

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Specimen code antweb1008201. .

Images from AntWeb

Specimen code antweb1008201. .

Images from AntWeb

Specimen code antweb1008201. .

Images from AntWeb

Specimen code antweb1008201. .

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• excavatus. Meranoplus excavatus Clark, 1938: 367, fig. 6 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia: Reevesby I.).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
  • Type-locality: Australia: Reevesby I. (J. Clark).
  • Type-depository: ANIC (1 probable syntype).
  • [Note: Taylor, 1990c: 32, comments that “the sole pin labelled “typus” in MVIC (= MVMA) has lost both specimens from its card points, its labels are identical to those of the ANIC (?)syntype”.]
  • Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 67; Taylor, 1987a: 38; Taylor, 1990c: 32; Bolton, 1995b: 251.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Syntype, worker(s), Reevesby Island, South Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.

References

• Clark, J. 1938. The Sir Joseph Banks Islands. Reports of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. Part 10. Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Proc. R. Soc. Vic. (n.s.) 50: 356-382 (page 367, fig. 6 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Clark J. 1938. The Sir Joseph Banks Islands. Reports of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. Part 10. Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (n.s.)50: 356-382.
• Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.
• Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.