Meranoplus nanus nanior
Meranoplus nanus nanior | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Meranoplus inermis) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Meranoplus |
Species: | Meranoplus nanus nanior Forel, 1907 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Meranoplus inermis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- nanior. Meranoplus nanus subsp. nanior Forel, 1907a: 12 (w.) KENYA. Viehmeyer, 1922: 209 (q.). Junior synonym of inermis: Bolton, 1981a: 52.
References
- Bolton, B. 1981a. 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 (page 52, Junior synonym of inermis)
- Forel, A. 1907d. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 5: 1-42 (page 12, worker described)
- Viehmeyer, H. 1922. Neue Ameisen. Arch. Naturgesch. (A)88(7 7: 203-220 (page 209, queen described)