Protonym: Meranoplus niger
| Authorship | Donisthorpe, 1949b: 494 |
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| Forms | q.m. |
| Bioregion | Australasia |
| Locality | NEW GUINEA (Indonesia) |
| Primary type information | Type-material: 2 syntype queens, 1 syntype male. Type-locality: 1 queen Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”), Maffin Bay, 12.vi.1944 (E.S. Ross), 1 queen, 1 male with same data but viii.1944. Type-depositories: BMNH, CASC. |
| Type notes | Boudinot, 2014: 97, regards the single queen (12.vi.1944) as holotype, the queen + male (viii.1944) as paratypes, but there is no indication of such a nomination in the original description where “type and allotype” is used. |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Meranoplus niger | Species | Valid | Original combination |