Species Meranoplus hospes Forel, 1910

Museums

Regional Maps

• Meranoplus hospes Forel, A. 1910. Formicides australiens reçus de M. M. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 18: 1-94 [48].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) GMNH W,M, Howlong, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Granivore, noctidiurnal, open forest, predator, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in soil.

History of changes