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Meranoplus curvispina
| Meranoplus curvispina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Meranoplus |
| Species: | M. curvispina |
| Binomial name | |
| Meranoplus curvispina Forel, 1910
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -3.5° to -37.48333333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (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. |
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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. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- curvispina. Meranoplus puryi var. curvispina Forel, 1910b: 47 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
- Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Schödl, 2004: 351), 4 paralectotype workers.
- Type-locality: lectotype Australia: New South Wales (Walcher); paralectotypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: MHNG (lectotype); ANIC, MHNG, NHMB (paralectotypes).
- Subspecies of puryi: Emery, 1924d: 229; Viehmeyer, 1925a: 27; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 68; Taylor, 1987a: 39.
- Junior synonym of puryi: Taylor, 1990c: 39; Bolton, 1995b: 251.
- Status as species: Schödl, 2004: 351 (redescription).
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Meranoplus puryi curvispina Forel, 1910: Syntype, worker, New South Wales, Australia, <collector unknown>, ANIC32-015040, Australian National Insect Collection.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1910b. Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 1-94 (page 47, worker described)
- Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
- Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
- Majer, J.D., Castalanelli, M.A., Ledger, J.L., Gunawardene, N.R., Heterick, B.E. 2018. Sequencing the ant fauna of a small island: Can metagenomic analysis enable faster identification for routine ant surveys? Sociobiology 65, 422-432 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v65i3.2885).
- Schodl, S. 2004. On the taxonomy of Meranoplus puryi Forel, 1902 and Meranoplus puryi curvispina Forel, 1910 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien B. Bot. Zool. 105: 349-360 (page 351, figs. 1-3, 8, 9, 12 Tab. 1 raised to species, lectotype designated)
- Taylor, R. W. 1990d. The nomenclature and distribution of some Australian and New Caledonian ants of the genus Meranoplus Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Gen. Appl. Entomol. 22: 31-40 (page 39, Junior synonym of puryi)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Schödl S. 2004. On the taxonomy of Meranoplus puryi Forel, 1902 and Meranoplus puryi curvispina Forel, 1910 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. B, Botanik, Zoologie 105: 349-360.