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Meranoplus spininodis
| Meranoplus spininodis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Meranoplus |
| Species: | M. spininodis |
| Binomial name | |
| Meranoplus spininodis Arnold, 1917
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -20.16667° to -30.5°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Botswana, Zimbabwe (type locality), 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.
- spininodis. Meranoplus spininodis Arnold, 1917: 366 (w.) ZIMBABWE.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-localities: Zimbabwe (“Rhodesia”): Bulawayo, Hillside, 9.vi.1916 (G. Arnold).
- Type-depositories: BMNH, SAMC.
- Arnold, 1926: 284 (q.m.).
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 889; Emery, 1924d: 227; Arnold, 1926: 284; Bolton, 1981a: 50 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 251.
- Distribution: Botswana, Zimbabwe.
Description
References
- Arnold, G. 1917. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part III. Myrmicinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 271-402 (page 366, worker described)
- Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 23: 191-295 (page 284, queen, male described)
- 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 50, see also)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection