Meranopus simoni

Meranopus simoni
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Meranoplus magrettii)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Meranoplus
Species:	Meranopus simoni Emery, 1895

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Meranoplus magrettii.

Nomenclature

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

• simoni. Meranopus simoni Emery, 1895h: 41, pl. 2, fig. 23 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of magrettii: Bolton, 1981a: 55.

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.