Meranoplus cryptomys

Despite the infrequent collection of this presumably rare species, M. cryptomys has a relatively broad range within the spiny forest/thickets and savanna woodland habitats of Madagascar. Workers of Meranoplus cryptomys are only known from two individuals collected at Tsimanampetsotsa, while gynes have been collected at the Isalo and Andohahela National Parks and the Beza Mahafaly Reserve. Neither hand-collected workers nor nests have been collected; all known individuals are from Malaise or pitfall traps.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 *  cryptomys. Meranoplus cryptomys Boudinot & Fisher, 2013: 316, figs. 21, 26, 27, 33–38, 63 (w.q.) MADAGASCAR.