Meranoplus pubescens

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Meranoplus pubescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Meranoplus
Species: M. pubescens
Binomial name
Meranoplus pubescens
(Smith, F., 1853)

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • pubescens. Cryptocerus pubescens Smith, F. 1853: 223, pl. 20, fig. 4 (q.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
    • Type-material: holotype queen.
    • Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Adelaide.
    • [Note: type-locality erroneously as, “Hab. Adelaide, N.S. Wales”, in Smith, F. 1853: 223.]
    • Type-depository: BMNH.
    • [Genus misspelled as Cryptocephalus by Lowne, 1865b: 336.]
    • Combination in Meranoplus: Smith, F. 1862d: 413.
    • Status as species: Smith, F. 1862d: 413; Mayr, 1863: 406; Roger, 1863b: 38; Mayr, 1876: 112; Dalla Torre, 1893: 137; Forel, 1910b: 47; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 68; Taylor, 1987a: 39; Taylor, 1990c: 32; Bolton, 1995b: 251.

Type Material

  • Cryptocerus pubescens Smith, 1853: Syntype, queen(s), Adelaide, South Australia (as New South Wales), Australia, The Natural History Museum.

Description

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