Genus Meranoplus Smith, 1854

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• Meranoplus Smith, F. 1854. Monograph of the genus Cryptocerus, belonging to the group Cryptoceridae-Family Myrmicidae - Division Hymenoptera Heterogyna. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 7: 213-228 pls 19-21 [224] [redefined in Bolton, B. 1981. A revision of the ant genera Meranoplus F. Smith, Dicroaspis Emery and Calyptomyrmex Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 42: 43–81 [2 Feb. 1981]].

  Type species:

   Cryptocerus bicolor Guérin, 1845 by subsequent designation, see Bingham, C.T. 1903. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera. Ants and cuckoo-wasps. London : Taylor & Francis Vol. 2 507 pp. 1 pl. [116].

  Secondary source:

   Bolton, B. 1981. A revision of the ant genera Meranoplus F. Smith, Dicroaspis Emery and Calyptomyrmex Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 42: 43-81 [2 Feb. 1981].

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Ethiopian, Malagasy and Oriental Regions; New Guinea, east Melanesia and New Caledonia in Australian Region.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Riverina (RIV) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) ; NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Central Ranges (CR), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Tanami (TAN)

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Nov-2019	Meranoplus Smith, 1854	07-Nov-2019	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		25-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		14-Feb-2011	MODIFIED
		25-May-2010	MODIFIED