Meranoplus vestigator

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Meranoplus vestigator
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Meranoplus
Species: M. vestigator
Binomial name
Meranoplus vestigator
Smith, F., 1876

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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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Worker. Specimen code casent0902037. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Nomenclature

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

  • vestigator. Meranoplus vestigator Smith, F. 1876d: 610, pl. 11, fig. 8 (w.) INDONESIA (Martabello I.).
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Indonesia (“Eastern Archipelago”): Matabello (no collector’s name).
    • Type-depository: BMNH.
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1886c: 364; Dalla Torre, 1893: 137; Emery, 1924d: 228; Bolton, 1995b: 252.
    • Distribution: Indonesia (Martabello).

Description

References

  • Smith, F. 1876d. Descriptions of new species of Cryptoceridae, belonging to the genera Cryptocerus, Meranoplus, and Cataulacus. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 1876: 603-612 (page 610, pl. 11, fig. 8 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.