Protonym: Meranoplus spinosus
| Authorship | Smith, 1859a: 150 |
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| Forms | w. |
| Bioregion | Indomalaya |
| Locality | INDONESIA (Aru Is) |
| Primary type information | Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Indonesia: Aru Is (A.R. Wallace). Type-depository: OXUM. |
| Type notes | Specimen supposedly the worker holotype of Meranoplus spinosus (OXUM, examined) is actually a queen of a Neotropical Procryptocerus species. Therefore, either the type-locality is in error (unlikely), or the specimen has been changed, or perhaps both (Bolton, 1995b: 367). |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Meranoplus spinosus | Species | Valid | Original combination |
| Procryptocerus spinosus | Species |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Meranoplus spinosus Smith, 1859
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