Checklist of Meranoplus species

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Meranoplus. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Meranoplus species and for distribution information see Meranoplus species by Country.

A
ajax Forel, 1915 (Australia)

angustinodis Schödl, 2007 (Australia)

arcuatus Schödl, 2007 (Australia)

armatus Smith, F., 1862 (Indonesia, New Guinea)

• Meranoplus spinosus rugifrons Emery, 1897

astericus Donisthorpe, 1947 (New Guinea)

aureolus Crawley, 1921 (Australia)

B
barretti Santschi, 1928 (Australia)

beatoni Taylor, 2006 (Australia)

bellii Forel, 1902 (India)

• Meranoplus carinatus Donisthorpe, 1942

• Meranoplus flaviventris Donisthorpe, 1943

berrimah Schödl, 2007 (Australia)

bicolor (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam)

• Meranoplus bicolor fuscescens Wheeler, W.M., 1930

• Meranoplus bicolor lucidus Forel, 1903

• Meranoplus dimicans Walker, 1859

• Meranoplus villosus Motschoulsky, 1860

• Myrmica tarda Jerdon, 1851

biliran Schödl, 1998 (Philippines)

birmanus Schödl, 1999 (Myanmar)

boltoni Schödl, 1998 (Sri Lanka)

borneensis Schödl, 1998 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)

C
castaneus Smith, F., 1857 (Borneo, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand)

• Meranoplus bellii javanus Karavaiev, 1935

• Meranoplus castaneus hammaceros Forel, 1912

• Meranoplus cordatus Smith, F., 1857

christinae Schödl, 2007 (Australia)

clypeatus Bernard, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea)

convexius Schödl, 2007 (Australia)

crassispina Schödl, 2007 (Australia)

cryptomys Boudinot & Fisher, 2013 (Madagascar)

curvispina Forel, 1910 (Australia)

D
deserticola Schödl, 2007 (Australia)

dichrous Forel, 1907 (Australia)

digitatus Schödl, 2007 (Australia)

dimidiatus Smith, F., 1867 (Australia)

discalis Schödl, 2007 (Australia)

diversoides Schödl, 2007 (Australia)

diversus Smith, F., 1867 (Australia)

dlusskyi Zryanin, 2015

doddi Santschi, 1928 (Australia)

duyfkeni Forel, 1915 (Australia)

E
excavatus Clark, 1938 (Australia)

F
fenestratus Smith, F., 1867 (Australia)

ferrugineus Crawley, 1922 (Australia)

froggatti Forel, 1913 (Australia)

G
glaber Arnold, 1926 (Botswana, Mozambique, United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

H
hilli Crawley, 1922 (Australia)

hirsutus Mayr, 1876 (Australia)

hoplites Taylor, 2006 (Australia)

hospes Forel, 1910 (Australia)

I
inermis Emery, 1895 (Angola, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

• Meranoplus nanus affinis Baroni Urbani, 1971

• Meranoplus nanus kiboshana Forel, 1907

• Meranoplus nanus nanior Forel, 1907

• Meranoplus nanus similis Karavaiev, 1931

• Meranoplus nanus soriculus Wheeler, W.M., 1922

L
laeviventris Emery, 1889 (China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand)

• Meranoplus laeviventris punctulata Emery, 1895

leveillei Emery, 1883 (New Caledonia)

levis Donisthorpe, 1942 (India, Sri Lanka)

linae Santschi, 1928 (Australia)

loebli Schödl, 1998 (Sri Lanka)

M
magrettii André, 1884 (Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

• Meranoplus bondroiti Santschi, 1915

• Meranoplus simoni diversipilosus Santschi, 1932

• Meranoplus simoni nitidiventris Mayr, 1901

• Meranoplus simoni springvalensis Arnold, 1917

• Meranoplus simoni suturalis Forel, 1910

• Meranopus simoni Emery, 1895

malaysianus Schödl, 1998 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)

mars Forel, 1902 (Australia)

mayri Forel, 1910 (Madagascar)

mcarthuri Schödl, 2007 (Australia)

minimus Crawley, 1922 (Australia)

• Meranoplus crawleyi Viehmeyer, 1925

• Meranoplus minor Crawley Crawley, 1918

minor Forel, 1902 (Australia)

mjobergi Forel, 1915 (Australia, New Guinea)

montanus Schödl, 1998 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)

mucronatus Smith, F., 1857 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand)

N
naitsabes Schödl, 2007 (Australia)

nanus André, 1892 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Mozambique, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania)

nepalensis Schödl, 1998 (Nepal)

niger Donisthorpe, 1949 (New Guinea)

O
occidentalis Schödl, 2007 (Australia)

oceanicus Smith, F., 1862 (Australia)

orientalis Schödl, 2007 (Australia)

oxleyi Forel, 1915 (Australia)

P
parviumgulatus (Donisthorpe, 1947) (New Guinea)

peringueyi Emery, 1886 (Lesotho, South Africa)

• Meranoplus excisus Arnold, 1914

periyarensis Bharti & Akbar, 2014 (India)

pubescens (Smith, F., 1853) (Australia)

pulcher Sharaf, 2014 (Saudi Arabia)

puryi Forel, 1902 (Australia)

R
radamae Forel, 1891 (Madagascar)

raripilis Donisthorpe, 1938 (New Guinea)

rothneyi Forel, 1902 (Bhutan, India, Nepal)

rugosus Crawley, 1922 (Australia)

S
sabronensis Donisthorpe, 1941 (New Guinea)

schoedli Taylor, 2006 (Australia)

similis Viehmeyer, 1922 (Australia)

snellingi Schödl, 2007 (Australia)

spininodis Arnold, 1917 (Botswana, Zimbabwe)

spinosus Smith, F., 1859 (Indonesia, New Guinea)

sthenus Bolton, 1981 (Zimbabwe)

sylvarius Boudinot & Fisher, 2013 (Madagascar)

T
taurus Schödl, 2007 (Australia)

testudineus McAreavey, 1956 (Australia)

tricuspidatus Schödl, 2007 (Australia)

U
unicolor Forel, 1902 (Australia)

V
variabilis Schödl, 2007 (Australia)

vestigator Smith, F., 1876 (Indonesia)

W
wilsoni Schödl, 2007 (Australia)