Meranoplus castaneus

Distribution
This taxon was described from Borneo.

Nomenclature

 *  castaneus. Meranoplus castaneus Smith, F. 1857a: 81, pl. 2, fig. 7 (q.) BORNEO. Forel, 1910a: 29 (w.). Senior synonym of cordatus: Forel, 1912n: 61; of hammaceros, javanus: Schödl, 1998: 378.
 * cordatus. Meranoplus cordatus Smith, F. 1857a: 82, pl. 2, fig. 5 (w.) BORNEO. Junior synonym of castaneus: Forel, 1912n: 61.
 * hammaceros. Meranoplus castaneus subsp. hammaceros Forel, 1912n: 60 (w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra). Junior synonym of castaneus: Schödl, 1998: 378.
 * javanus. Meranoplus bellii subsp. javanus Karavaiev, 1935a: 98, fig. 22 (w.) INDONESIA (Java). Junior synonym of castaneus: Schödl, 1998: 378.

Meranoplus castaneus

Holotype queen in. Labelled “Sar. 6.”

Meranoplus cordatus

Holotype worker in. Labelled “Sar. 3.”