Meranoplus minimus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Meranoplus minimus Crawley, 1922b: 445.
 * Replacement name for Meranoplus minor Crawley, 1918: 89. [Junior primary homonym of Meranoplus hirsutus r. minor Forel, 1902h: 457.]
 * Status as species: Emery, 1924d: 229; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 68; Taylor, 1987a: 39; Taylor, 1990c: 32; Bolton, 1995b: 251.
 * Senior synonym of crawleyi (unnecessary (second) replacement name): Taylor, 1987a: 39; Taylor, 1990c: 32; Bolton, 1995b: 251.
 * Distribution: Australia.
 * crawleyi. Meranoplus crawleyi Viehmeyer, 1925a: 27.
 * Unnecessary (second) replacement name for Meranoplus minor Crawley, 1918: 89. [Junior primary homonym of Meranoplus hirsutus r. minor Forel, 1902h: 457.]
 * Junior synonym of minimus: Taylor, 1987a: 39; Taylor, 1990c: 32; Bolton, 1995b: 251.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Andersen A. N., and A. D. Patel. 1994. Meat ants as dominant members of Australian ant communities: an experimental test of their influence on the foraging success and forager abundance of other species. Oecologia 98: 15-24.