Meranoplus vestigator
Meranoplus vestigator | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Meranoplus |
Species: | M. vestigator |
Binomial name | |
Meranoplus vestigator Smith, F., 1876 |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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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Worker. Specimen code casent0902037. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- vestigator. Meranoplus vestigator Smith, F. 1876d: 610, pl. 11, fig. 8 (w.) INDONESIA (Martabello I.).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Indonesia (“Eastern Archipelago”): Matabello (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1886c: 364; Dalla Torre, 1893: 137; Emery, 1924d: 228; Bolton, 1995b: 252.
- Distribution: Indonesia (Martabello).
Description
References
- Smith, F. 1876d. Descriptions of new species of Cryptoceridae, belonging to the genera Cryptocerus, Meranoplus, and Cataulacus. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 1876: 603-612 (page 610, pl. 11, fig. 8 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.