Meranoplus testudineus

Meranoplus testudineus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Meranoplus
Species:	M. testudineus
Binomial name
Meranoplus testudineus McAreavey, 1956

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -15.36666667° to -15.36666667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

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.

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.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• testudineus. Meranoplus testudineus McAreavey, 1956: 148, fig. 1 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 4 paratype workers.
  • Type-locality: holotype Australia: Western Australia, Port George the Fourth (H. Taylor).
  • Type-depositories: QMBA (holotype); ANIC, MVMA (paratypes).
  • Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 69; Taylor, 1987a: 39; Taylor, 1990c: 32; Bolton, 1995b: 252.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Holotype, worker (may be paratype), Port George IV, Western Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
• Holotype, worker (may be paratype), Port George IV, Western Australia, Australia, Queensland Museum.
• Paratype, 1 worker, Port George IV, Western Australia, Australia, Taylor,H., ANIC32-014978, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 2 workers (one damaged), Port George IV, Western Australia, Australia, Taylor,H., ANIC32-015001, Australian National Insect Collection.

References

• Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
• Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
• McAreavey, J. 1956. A new species of the genus Meranoplus. Mem. Qld. Mus. 13: 148-150 (page 148, fig. 1 worker described)