Meranoplus dimidiatus

Meranoplus dimidiatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Meranoplus
Species:	M. dimidiatus
Binomial name
	Meranoplus dimidiatus; Smith, F., 1867 Specimen Labels

Photo Gallery

A Meranoplus dimidiatus worker found near Pannawonica, Western Australia. Photo by Farhan Bokhari, 13 July 2012.
A Meranoplus dimidiatus worker found near Pannawonica, Western Australia. Photo by Farhan Bokhari, 13 July 2012.

Identification

Keys including this Species

Key to Meranoplus of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -20.8° to -23.3653°.


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.

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

Worker


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Nomenclature

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

dimidiatus. Meranoplus dimidiatus Smith, F. 1867: 527, pl. 26, fig. 8 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Australia: Champion Bay (F.H. Du Boulay).
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1973a: 37 (l.).
- Status as species: Mayr, 1886c: 363; Dalla Torre, 1893: 136; Emery, 1924d: 229; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 66; Taylor, 1987a: 38; Taylor, 1990c: 36 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 251; Taylor, 2006: 27; Heterick, 2009: 151.
- Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

Holotype, worker, Champion Bay, Western Australia, Australia, The Natural History Museum.

Description

References

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).
Smith, F. 1867. Descriptions of new species of Cryptoceridae. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (3) 5: 523-528 (page 527, pl. 26, fig. 8 worker described)
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1973a. The ant larvae of six tribes: second supplement (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). J. Ga. Entomol. Soc. 8: 27-39 (page 37, larva described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Heterick B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76: 1-206.
Heterick B. E., B. Durrant, and N. R. Gunawardene. 2010. The ant fauna of the Pilbara Bioregion, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 78: 157-167.
Taylor R. W. 2006. Ants of the genus Meranoplus F. Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): three new species and others from northeastern Australian rainforests. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 21-29.