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Meranoplus glaber
| Meranoplus glaber | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Meranoplus |
| Species: | M. glaber |
| Binomial name | |
| Meranoplus glaber Arnold, 1926
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -3.91667° to -29.63333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Botswana, Mozambique, United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe (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.
- glaber. Meranoplus spininodis var. glaber Arnold, 1926: 285, fig. 82, 2 (w.) ZIMBABWE.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-localities: Zimbabwe (“Rhodesia”): Bulawayo, Hillside, 13.v.1917 (G. Arnold), Zimbabwe: Sawmills, Umgusa River, 30.i.1918 and 1.ii.1918 (G. Arnold).
- Type-depositories: BMNH, SAMC.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1981a: 49 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 251.
- Distribution: Botswana, Zimbabwe.
Description
References
- Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 23: 191-295. (page 285, fig. 82 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bolton B. 1981. A revision of the ant genera Meranoplus F. Smith, Dicroaspis Emery and Calyptomyrmex Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 42: 43-81.
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
- Koch F., and K. Vohland. 2004. Ants along a southern African transect - a basis for biodiversity change monitoring (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 80(2): 261-273.