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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Crematogastrini
›
Meranoplus
›
Meranoplus ajax
Meranoplus
ajax
Forel, 1915
valid
Meranoplus mars r. ajax
Forel, 1915b
: 44 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia). Australasia.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Australia: NW Australia, Kimberley Dist. (
E. Mjöberg
). Type-depository:
NHRS
.
Subspecies of
Meranoplus mars
:
Emery, 1924f
: 229;
Taylor & Brown, 1985
: 68;
Taylor, 1987a
: 39.
Status as species:
Taylor, 1990d
: 34;
Bolton, 1995b
: 250;
Andersen, 2006
: 164 (in key);
Schödl, 2007
: 376 (redescription).
Obsolete combinations
Meranoplus mars ajax
Citations
Andersen, A. N.
2006.
A systematic overview of Australian species of the myrmicine ant genus
Meranoplus
F. Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8:157-170.
PDF
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C.
1924f ("1922").
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.].
Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397.
PDF
Forel, A.
1915b.
Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen.
Arkiv för Zoologi 9(16):1-119.
PDF
Schödl, S.
2007.
Revision of Australian
Meranoplus
: the
Meranoplus diversus
group.
Pp. 370-424 in:
Snelling, R. R.
;
Fisher, B. L.
;
Ward, P. S.
(eds.) 2007.
Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions.
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:690 pp.
PDF
Taylor, R. W.
1987a.
A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92.
PDF
Taylor, R. W.
1990d.
The nomenclature and distribution of some Australian and New Caledonian ants of the genus
Meranoplus
Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae).
General and Applied Entomology 22:31-40.
PDF
Taylor, R. W.
;
Brown, D. R.
1985.
Formicoidea.
Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
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†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
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angustinodis
arcuatus
armatus
astericus
aureolus
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beatoni
bellii
berrimah
bicolor
biliran
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boltoni
borneensis
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christinae
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fenestratus
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froggatti
glaber
hilli
hirsutus
hoplites
inermis
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leveillei
levis
linae
loebli
magrettii
malaysianus
mars
mayri
mcarthuri
minimus
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mjobergi
montanus
mosalahi
mucronatus
naitsabes
nanus
nepalensis
niger
occidentalis
oceanicus
orientalis
oxleyi
parviumgulatus
peringueyi
periyarensis
pubescens
pulcher
puryi
radamae
raripilis
rothneyi
rugosus
sabronensis
schoedli
siamensis
similis
snellingi
spininodis
spinosus
sthenus
sylvarius
tanomtongi
taurus
testudineus
tricuspidatus
unicolor
variabilis
vestigator
wilsoni