Meranoplus bellii javanus

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Meranoplus bellii javanus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Meranoplus castaneus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Meranoplus
Species: Meranoplus bellii javanus
Karavaiev, 1935

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Meranoplus castaneus.

Nomenclature

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

  • javanus. Meranoplus bellii subsp. javanus Karavaiev, 1935a: 98, fig. 22 (w.) INDONESIA (Java). Junior synonym of castaneus: Schödl, 1998: 378.

References

  • Karavaiev, V. 1935a. Neue Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet, nebst Revision einiger Formen. Treubia 15: 57-118 (page 98, fig. 22 worker described)
  • Schödl, S. 1998. Taxonomic revision of Oriental Meranoplus F. Smith, 1853 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien. B. Bot. Zool. 100: 361-394 (page 378, Junior synonym of castaneus)