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Meranoplus hospes
| Meranoplus hospes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Meranoplus |
| Species: | M. hospes |
| Binomial name | |
| Meranoplus hospes Forel, 1910
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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. |
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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
Images from AntWeb
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| Syntype of Meranoplus hospes. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0908942. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- hospes. Meranoplus hospes Forel, 1910b: 48 (q.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Howlong (Froggatt).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Status as species: Emery, 1924d: 229; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 68; Taylor, 1987a: 39.
- Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Meranoplus: Taylor, 1990c: 33; Bolton, 1995b: 251.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Syntype, worker(s), male(s), Howlong, New South Wales, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1910b. Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 1-94 (page 48, queen described)
- 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)