Meranoplus hirsutus r. minor Forel, 1902j: 457 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen. Primary type localities: holotype Australia: New South Wales, Sydney (W.W. Froggatt), New South Wales, Thornleigh (W.W. Froggatt). Primary type depositories: ANIC, MHNG. Type notes: Taylor, 1990d: 38, cites 3 worker syntypes in ANIC.

Infrasubspecies

• M. h. m. bimaculatus Santschi, 1928