Meranoplus minimus

Meranoplus minimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Meranoplus
Species:	M. minimus
Binomial name
Meranoplus minimus Crawley, 1922 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Meranoplus minor Crawley, 1918 Meranoplus crawleyi Viehmeyer, 1925

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -12.42805556° to -12.83333333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

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.

Nomenclature

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

• minimus. Meranoplus minimus Crawley, 1922b: 445.
  • Replacement name for Meranoplus minor Crawley, 1918: 89. [Junior primary homonym of Meranoplus hirsutus r. minor Forel, 1902h: 457.]
  • Status as species: Emery, 1924d: 229; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 68; Taylor, 1987a: 39; Taylor, 1990c: 32; Bolton, 1995b: 251.
  • Senior synonym of crawleyi (unnecessary (second) replacement name): Taylor, 1987a: 39; Taylor, 1990c: 32; Bolton, 1995b: 251.
  • Distribution: Australia.
• crawleyi. Meranoplus crawleyi Viehmeyer, 1925a: 27.
  • Unnecessary (second) replacement name for Meranoplus minor Crawley, 1918: 89. [Junior primary homonym of Meranoplus hirsutus r. minor Forel, 1902h: 457.]
  • Junior synonym of minimus: Taylor, 1987a: 39; Taylor, 1990c: 32; Bolton, 1995b: 251.

Type Material

• Meranoplus minor Crawley, 1918: Syntype, Koolpinyah, Northern Territory, Australia, museum unknown (probably UMO (Oxford)).

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 251, Senior synonym of crawleyi (unnecessary second replacement name))
• Crawley, W. C. 1918. Some new Australian ants. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 30: 86-92 (page 89, Junior primary homonym of minor)
• Crawley, W. C. 1922a. New ants from Australia. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(9): 427-448 (page 445, Replacement name for minor)
• Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 405-548 (page 457, primary homonym)
• 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).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Andersen A. N., and A. D. Patel. 1994. Meat ants as dominant members of Australian ant communities: an experimental test of their influence on the foraging success and forager abundance of other species. Oecologia 98: 15-24.