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Meranoplini
| Meranoplini | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogastrini) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Meranoplini Emery, 1914 |
| Type genus | |
| Meranoplus | |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Crematogastrini.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- MERANOPLINI [junior synonym of Crematogastrini]
- Meranoplini Emery, 1914a: 37 (diagnosis in key). Type-genus: Meranoplus Smith, F. 1853: 224.
Taxonomic History
- Meranoplini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Emery, 1914a: 37; Arnold, 1917: 360; Forel, 1917: 244; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 658; Emery, 1924d: 222; subsequent authors; Bolton, 2003: 67, 242.
- Meranoplini as junior synonym of Crematogastrini: Ward, et al. 2015: 77.