Meranoplus crawleyi

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Meranoplus crawleyi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Meranoplus minimus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Meranoplus
Species: Meranoplus crawleyi
Viehmeyer, 1925

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

Nomenclature

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

  • crawleyi. Meranoplus crawleyi Viehmeyer, 1925a: 27. Second (unnecessary) replacement name for minor Crawley, 1918: 89. [Junior primary homonym of minor Forel, 1902h: 457.] Junior synonym of minimus: Bolton, 1995b: 251.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 251, Junior synonym of minimus)
  • Crawley, W. C. 1918. Some new Australian ants. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 30: 86-92 (page 89, Second (unnecessary) replacement name for minor)
  • Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 405-548 (page 457, Junior primary homonym of minor)
  • Viehmeyer, H. 1925a. Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. (Fortsetzung.). Entomol. Mitt. 14: 25-39 (page 27, Meranoplus)