Meranoplus hospes

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Meranoplus hospes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Meranoplus
Species: M. hospes
Binomial name
Meranoplus hospes
Forel, 1910

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Specimen Labels

This taxon is considered to be unidentifiable and its identity is uncertain.

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Meranoplus hospesQueen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0908942. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • hospes. Meranoplus hospes Forel, 1910b: 48 (q.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
    • Type-material: holotype queen.
    • Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Howlong (Froggatt).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1924d: 229; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 68; Taylor, 1987a: 39.
    • Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Meranoplus: Taylor, 1990c: 33; Bolton, 1995b: 251.
    • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

Description

References

  • Forel, A. 1910b. Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 1-94 (page 48, queen described)
  • Taylor, R. W. 1990d. The nomenclature and distribution of some Australian and New Caledonian ants of the genus Meranoplus Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Gen. Appl. Entomol. 22: 31-40 (page 33, Species inquirenda)