Meranoplus nanus nanior

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Meranoplus nanus nanior
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Meranoplus inermis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Meranoplus
Species: Meranoplus nanus nanior
Forel, 1907

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Meranoplus inermis.

Nomenclature

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

  • nanior. Meranoplus nanus subsp. nanior Forel, 1907a: 12 (w.) KENYA. Viehmeyer, 1922: 209 (q.). Junior synonym of inermis: Bolton, 1981a: 52.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1981a. A revision of the ant genera Meranoplus F. Smith, Dicroaspis Emery and Calyptomyrmex Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 42: 43-81 (page 52, Junior synonym of inermis)
  • Forel, A. 1907d. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 5: 1-42 (page 12, worker described)
  • Viehmeyer, H. 1922. Neue Ameisen. Arch. Naturgesch. (A)88(7 7: 203-220 (page 209, queen described)