Meranoplus spininodis

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Meranoplus spininodis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Meranoplus
Species: M. spininodis
Binomial name
Meranoplus spininodis
Arnold, 1917

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -20.16667° to -30.5°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Botswana, Zimbabwe (type locality), Zimbabwe (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

Nomenclature

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

  • spininodis. Meranoplus spininodis Arnold, 1917: 366 (w.) ZIMBABWE.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-localities: Zimbabwe (“Rhodesia”): Bulawayo, Hillside, 9.vi.1916 (G. Arnold).
    • Type-depositories: BMNH, SAMC.
    • Arnold, 1926: 284 (q.m.).
    • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 889; Emery, 1924d: 227; Arnold, 1926: 284; Bolton, 1981a: 50 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 251.
    • Distribution: Botswana, Zimbabwe.

Description

References

  • Arnold, G. 1917. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part III. Myrmicinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 271-402 (page 366, worker described)
  • Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 23: 191-295 (page 284, queen, male described)
  • 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 50, see also)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection