Meranoplus dichrous
Meranoplus dichrous | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Meranoplus |
Species: | M. dichrous |
Binomial name | |
Meranoplus dichrous Forel, 1907 |
Described from a lone queen, the holotype was destroyed during World War II. This taxon is considered to be unidentifiable and its identity is uncertain.
Identification
Distribution
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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- dichrous. Meranoplus dichrous Forel, 1907h: 274 (q.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Yalgoo, 1905 (W. Michaelsen & R. Hartmeyer).
- Type-depository: unknown (probably destroyed).
- [Note: Taylor, 1990c: 33, writes that the “holotype cannot be found in any major European ant collection. It was probably returned to Hamburg by Forel and destroyed there during World War II. This species inquirenda will presumably remain unrecognisable.”]
- Status as species: Emery, 1924d: 229; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 66; Taylor, 1987a: 38.
- Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Meranoplus: Taylor, 1990c: 33; Bolton, 1995b: 251.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Holotype, queen (probably lost), Yalgoo, Western Australia, Australia, Berlin Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1907j. Formicidae. In: Michaelsen, W., Hartmeyer, R. (eds.) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Band I, Lieferung 7. Jena: Gustav Fischer, pp. 263-310. (page 274, queen described)
- Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76:1-206.
- 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 33, Species inquirenda)