Meranoplus carinatus
Meranoplus carinatus | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Meranoplus bellii) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Meranoplus |
Species: | Meranoplus carinatus Donisthorpe, 1942 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Meranoplus bellii.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- carinatus. Meranoplus carinatus Donisthorpe, 1942d: 456 (q.) INDIA. Junior synonym of bellii: Schödl, 1998: 370.
References
- Donisthorpe, H. 1942d. Ants from the Colombo Museum Expedition to Southern India, September-October 1938. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(9): 449-461. (page 456, queen 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 370, Junior synonym of bellii)