Meranoplus astericus

Meranoplus astericus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Meranoplus
Species:	M. astericus
Binomial name
Meranoplus astericus Donisthorpe, 1947 Specimen labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -5.43751° to -7.734722222°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (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.

• astericus. Meranoplus astericus Donisthorpe, 1947d: 190 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
  • Type-material: 5 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea): Maffin Bay, 10.vi.1944 (E.S. Ross).
  • Type-depository: CASC.
  • [Misspelled as astriacus by Donisthorpe, 1948d: 597; misspelled as ostriacus by Donisthorpe, 1948g: 136.]
  • Status as species: Donisthorpe, 1948d: 597; Donisthorpe, 1948g: 136; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 112; Bolton, 1995b: 250.
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya).

References

• Donisthorpe, H. 1947e. Some new ants from New Guinea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(14): 183-197. (page 190, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Donisthorpe H. 1947. Some new ants from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)14: 183-197.
• Donisthorpe H. 1948. A third instalment of the Ross Collection of ants from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)14: 589-604.
• Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
• Lucky A., E. Sarnat, and L. Alonso. 2011. Ants of the Muller Range, Papua New Guinea, Chapter 10. In Richards, S. J. and Gamui, B. G. (editors). 2013. Rapid Biological Assessments of the Nakanai Mountains and the upper Strickland Basin: surveying the biodiversity of Papua New Guinea’s sublime karst environments. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 60. Conservation International. Arlington, VA.
• Snelling R. R. 1998. Insect Part 1: The social Hymenoptera. In Mack A. L. (Ed.) A Biological Assessment of the Lakekamu Basin, Papua New Guinea, RAP 9. 189 ppages