Meranoplus pubescens
Meranoplus pubescens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Meranoplus |
Species: | M. pubescens |
Binomial name | |
Meranoplus pubescens (Smith, F., 1853) |
Identification
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- pubescens. Cryptocerus pubescens Smith, F. 1853: 223, pl. 20, fig. 4 (q.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Adelaide.
- [Note: type-locality erroneously as, “Hab. Adelaide, N.S. Wales”, in Smith, F. 1853: 223.]
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- [Genus misspelled as Cryptocephalus by Lowne, 1865b: 336.]
- Combination in Meranoplus: Smith, F. 1862d: 413.
- Status as species: Smith, F. 1862d: 413; Mayr, 1863: 406; Roger, 1863b: 38; Mayr, 1876: 112; Dalla Torre, 1893: 137; Forel, 1910b: 47; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 68; Taylor, 1987a: 39; Taylor, 1990c: 32; Bolton, 1995b: 251.
Type Material
- Cryptocerus pubescens Smith, 1853: Syntype, queen(s), Adelaide, South Australia (as New South Wales), Australia, The Natural History Museum.
Description
References
- Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
- Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
- Smith, F. 1853 [1854]. Monograph of the genus Cryptocerus, belonging to the group Cryptoceridae - family Myrmicidae - division Hymenoptera Heterogyna. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (2) 2: 213-228 (page 223, pl. 20, fig. 4 queen described)
- Smith, F. 1862d. A list of the genera and species belonging to the family Cryptoceridae, with descriptions of new species; also a list of the species of the genus Echinopla. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (3) 1: 407-416 (page 413, Combination in Meranoplus)