Meranoplus curvispina

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Meranoplus puryi var. curvispina Forel, 1910b: 47 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
 * Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Schödl, 2004: 351), 4 paralectotype workers.
 * Type-locality: lectotype Australia: New South Wales (Walcher); paralectotypes with same data.
 * Type-depositories: MHNG (lectotype); ANIC, MHNG, NHMB (paralectotypes).
 * Subspecies of puryi: Emery, 1924d: 229; Viehmeyer, 1925a: 27; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 68; Taylor, 1987a: 39.
 * Junior synonym of puryi: Taylor, 1990c: 39; Bolton, 1995b: 251.
 * Status as species: Schödl, 2004: 351 (redescription).
 * Distribution: Australia.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Schödl S. 2004. On the taxonomy of Meranoplus puryi Forel, 1902 and Meranoplus puryi curvispina Forel, 1910 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. B, Botanik, Zoologie 105: 349-360.