• Forel, 1910a: 29 (w.)
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 194; Smith, 1862d: 412; Roger, 1863b: 39; Mayr, 1863a: 428; Smith, 1871a: 334; Dalla Torre, 1893: 136; Forel, 1910a: 29; Forel, 1912o: 61; Wheeler, 1919f: 90; Emery, 1924f: 228; Crawley, 1924a: 400; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 451; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 112; Bolton, 1995b: 251; Schödl, 1998: 378 (redescription); Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 27; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 47; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 100.
• Senior synonym of Meranoplus cordatus: Forel, 1912o: 61; Wheeler, 1919f: 90; Emery, 1924f: 228; Bolton, 1995b: 251; Schödl, 1998: 378.
• Senior synonym of Meranoplus castaneus hammaceros: Schödl, 1998: 378.
• Senior synonym of Meranoplus bellii javanus: Schödl, 1998: 378.

Junior synonyms

• Meranoplus bellii javanus Karavaiev, 1935
• Meranoplus castaneus hammaceros Forel, 1912
• Meranoplus cordatus Smith, 1857

Citations

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