Meranoplus rothneyi

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Meranoplus rothneyi Forel, 1902 valid

Meranoplus rothneyi Forel, 1902c: 241 (w.) INDIA (Kerala). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Schödl, 1998: 391). Primary type locality: lectotype India: Cochin (= Kerala, Kochi) (G.A.J. Rothney). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0915542 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: NHMW, MNHU. Type notes: Schödl, 1998: 391, says type material of this taxon is not present in MHNG.

Lectotype designation: Schödl, 1998: 391.
Status as species: Forel, 1903a: 706; Bingham, 1903: 170; Forel, 1907d: 12; Forel, 1912c: 82; Emery, 1924f: 228; Teranishi, 1940: 67; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 113; Bolton, 1995b: 251; Schödl, 1998: 391 (redescription); Tiwari, 1999: 62; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 333; Bharti & Akbar, 2014c: 814 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 38; Dias et al., 2020: 77.

Citations

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Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
Dias, R. K. S.; Guénard, B.; Akbar, S. A.; Economo, E. P.; Udayakantha, W. S.; Wachkoo, A. A. 2020. The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic research summary and updated checklist. ZooKeys 967:1-142. 10.3897/zookeys.967.54432 PDF
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Forel, A. 1907d. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 5:1-42. PDF
Forel, A. 1912c. Einige interessante Ameisen des Deutschen Entomologischen Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem. Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 1:81-83. PDF
Mathew, R.; Tiwari, R. N. 2000. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Pp. 251-409 in: Director; Zoological Survey of India (ed.) 2000. Fauna of of Meghalaya. Part 7. [State Fauna Series 4.] Insecta 2000. Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India, 621 pp. PDF
Schödl, S. 1998. Taxonomic revision of Oriental Meranoplus F. Smith, 1853 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. B, Botanik, Zoologie 100:361-394. PDF
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