| Authorship | Forel, 1902c: 240 | 
|---|---|
| Forms | w. | 
| Bioregion | Indomalaya | 
| Locality | INDIA (Karnataka) | 
| Primary type information | Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Schödl, 1998: 370). Primary type locality: lectotype India: Kanara (Bell). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0908933 (lectotype). | 
| Secondary type information | Secondary type material: 6 paralectotype workers. Secondary type localities: same data as holotype, India: Kanara (R.C. Wroughton). Secondary type depositories: MNHU, MHNG, NHMB, NHMW. | 
| Meranoplus bellii | Species | Valid | Original combination |