Meranoplus fenestratus

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

Photo Gallery

A Meranoplus fenestratus worker forages on a dead tree trunk in Wandoo National Park, Flynn, Western Australia. Photo by Farhan Bokhari, 4 June 2011.
A Meranoplus fenestratus worker forages on a dead tree trunk in Wandoo National Park, Flynn, Western Australia. Photo by Farhan Bokhari, 4 June 2011.

Identification

Keys including this Species

Key to Meranoplus of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -20.8° to -29.88333333°.


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

Nomenclature

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

fenestratus. Meranoplus fenestratus Smith, F. 1867: 526, pl. 26, fig. 6 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Australia: Champion Bay (F.H. Du Boulay).
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- Junior synonym of pubescens: Mayr, 1876: 112; Dalla Torre, 1893: 137.
- Subspecies of pubescens: Forel, 1907a: 12; Forel, 1910b: 47; Forel, 1915b: 48; Emery, 1924d: 229.
- Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 67; Taylor, 1987a: 38; Taylor, 1990c: 32; Bolton, 1995b: 251; Heterick, 2009: 152.
- Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

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

Description

References

Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 137, Junior synonym of pubescens)
Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 229, Revived from synonymy as variety/race of pubescens)
Forel, A. 1907d. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 5: 1-42 (page 12, Revived from synonymy as variety/race of pubescens)
Forel, A. 1910b. Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 1-94 (page 47, Revived from synonymy as variety/race of pubescens)
Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(1 16: 1-119 (page 48, Revived from synonymy as variety/race of pubescens)
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 526, pl. 26, fig. 6 worker described)
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 67, Revived status as species)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Forel A. 1910. Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 1-94
Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.