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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
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Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Crematogastrini
›
Meranoplus
›
Meranoplus bicolor
Meranoplus
bicolor
(Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
valid
Cryptocerus bicolor
Guérin-Méneville, 1844a
: 425 (w.) INDIA (Puducherry). Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: India: Pondichery (
A. Delessert
). Type-depository:
MNHN
.
Type notes:
Schödl, 1998
: 372 says, “the holotype worker could not be located”.
Smith, 1875
: 34 (q.m.);
Imai
et al.
, 1984
: 6 (k.)
Combination in
Meranoplus
:
Smith, 1853
: 224
Status as species:
Smith, 1853
: 224;
Smith, 1858a
: 193;
Smith, 1862d
: 412;
Mayr, 1862
: 764;
Roger, 1863b
: 39;
Mayr, 1863a
: 428;
Smith, 1871a
: 334;
Smith, 1873
: ix;
Smith, 1875
: 34;
Forel, 1885b
: 182;
Emery, 1887f
: 470;
Rothney, 1889
: 373;
Emery, 1892c
: 166;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 136;
Emery, 1893h
: 248;
Emery, 1895m
: 472;
Mayr, 1897
: 431;
Emery, 1901h
: 120;
Forel, 1903a
: 705;
Rothney, 1903
: 97;
Bingham, 1903
: 168;
Forel, 1907d
: 12;
Forel, 1908b
: 2;
Forel, 1911c
: 226;
Forel, 1913l
: 83;
Wheeler, 1913f
: 237;
Viehmeyer, 1916a
: 128;
Wheeler, 1923c
: 3;
Emery, 1924f
: 228;
Wheeler, 1927b
: 45;
Mukerjee, 1930
: 154;
Wheeler, 1930k
: 69;
Donisthorpe, 1932b
: 576;
Karavaiev, 1935a
: 99;
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 112;
Collingwood, 1970b
: 377;
Bolton, 1995b
: 250;
Wu & Wang, 1995a
: 78;
Schödl, 1998
: 371 (redescription);
Tiwari, 1999
: 61;
Mathew & Tiwari, 2000
: 332;
Zhou, 2001a
: 98;
Ghosh
et al.
, 2005
: 25;
Terayama, 2009
: 186;
Pfeiffer
et al.
, 2011
: 47;
Guénard & Dunn, 2012
: 44;
Bharti & Akbar, 2014c
: 814 (in key);
Bharti
et al.
, 2016
: 38;
Jaitrong
et al.
, 2016
: 36;
Rasheed
et al.
, 2019
: 432;
Dias
et al.
, 2020
: 75;
Khachonpisitsak
et al.
, 2020
: 99;
Wang
et al.
, 2022
: 83.
Senior synonym of
Meranoplus dimicans
:
Smith, 1871a
: 334;
Bingham, 1903
: 168;
Emery, 1924f
: 228;
Donisthorpe, 1932b
: 576;
Bolton, 1995b
: 250;
Schödl, 1998
: 372.
Senior synonym of
Meranoplus bicolor fuscescens
:
Schödl, 1998
: 372;
Terayama, 2009
: 186.
Senior synonym of
Meranoplus bicolor lucidus
:
Schödl, 1998
: 372.
Senior synonym of
Meranoplus tarda
:
Emery, 1892c
: 166;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 136;
Emery, 1924f
: 228;
Bolton, 1995b
: 250;
Schödl, 1998
: 372;
Zhou, 2001a
: 98.
Senior synonym of
Meranoplus villosus
:
Roger, 1863b
: 39;
Smith, 1871a
: 334;
Bingham, 1903
: 168;
Emery, 1924f
: 228;
Bolton, 1995b
: 250;
Schödl, 1998
: 372.
Junior synonyms
Meranoplus bicolor fuscescens
Wheeler, 1930
Meranoplus bicolor lucidus
Forel, 1903
Meranoplus dimicans
Walker, 1859
Meranoplus tarda
(Jerdon, 1851)
Obsolete combination(s):
Myrmica tarda
Meranoplus villosus
Motschoulsky, 1860
Obsolete combinations
Cryptocerus bicolor
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