Meranoplus pubescens

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Cryptocerus pubescens Smith, F. 1853: 223, pl. 20, fig. 4 (q.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
 * Type-material: holotype queen.
 * Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Adelaide.
 * [Note: type-locality erroneously as, “Hab. Adelaide, N.S. Wales”, in Smith, F. 1853: 223.]
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * [Genus misspelled as Cryptocephalus by Lowne, 1865b: 336.]
 * Combination in Meranoplus: Smith, F. 1862d: 413.
 * Status as species: Smith, F. 1862d: 413; Mayr, 1863: 406; Roger, 1863b: 38; Mayr, 1876: 112; Dalla Torre, 1893: 137; Forel, 1910b: 47; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 68; Taylor, 1987a: 39; Taylor, 1990c: 32; Bolton, 1995b: 251.