• Lectotype designation: Schödl, 1998: 370.
• Status as species: Forel, 1903a: 706; Bingham, 1903: 169; Emery, 1924f: 228; Karavaiev, 1935a: 98; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 112; Bolton, 1995b: 250; Schödl, 1998: 370 (redescription); Tiwari, 1999: 61; Bharti & Akbar, 2014c: 814 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 38.
• Senior synonym of Meranoplus carinatus: Schödl, 1998: 370.
• Senior synonym of Meranoplus flaviventris: Schödl, 1998: 370.

Junior synonyms

• Meranoplus carinatus Donisthorpe, 1942
• Meranoplus flaviventris Donisthorpe, 1943

Citations

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• Forel, A. 1903a. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part X. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 14:679-715. PDF
• Karavaiev, V. 1935a. Neue Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet, nebst Revision einiger Formen. Treubia 15:57-118. PDF
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• Tiwari, R. N. 1999. Taxonomic studies on ants of southern India (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 18(4):1-96. PDF