Meranoplus Smith, 1853
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https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1210.125990 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B158276E-7AC6-40AF-8713-0881D42F3953 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13375871 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E1318CC3-CE6E-5994-A993-406159238084 |
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Meranoplus Smith, 1853 |
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Meranoplus Smith, 1853 View in CoL
Meranoplus Smith, 1853: 224. Type species: Cryptocerus bicolor, by subsequent designation of Bingham (1903: 166). View in CoL
Tricytarus Donisthorpe, 1947: 187. Type species: Tricytarus parviumgulatus, by original designation (junior synonym of Meranoplus by Boudinot 2014: 96). View in CoL
Diagnosis of worker.
Bolton (1981) and Sharaf et al. (2014) defined characteristics of this genus as follows: 1) worker is distinctly monomorphic; 2) antennae 9 - segmented, with three apical segments forming a club; 3) frontal scrobes distinct, deep, and long; 4) palp formula 5, 3; 5) masticatory margin of mandibles with 4–5 teeth; 6) compound eyes present, usually strongly convex, located below antennal scrobes; 7) pronotal spines present, dentiform; 8) mesonotal spines present; 9) mesosomal dorsum fused to form a shield; 10) propodeal spines present; 11) petiolar spines present or absent; 12) with dense, long, erect hairs on body surface.
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Meranoplus Smith, 1853
| Yodprasit, Kuntima, Buddhakala, Nopparat, Tasen, Wattanachai & Jaitrong, Weeyawat 2024 |
Tricytarus
| Boudinot B 2014: 96 |
| Donisthorpe H 1947: 187 |
Meranoplus
| Bingham CT 1903: 166 |
| Meranoplus Smith, 1853: 224. Type species: Cryptocerus bicolor , by subsequent designation of Bingham (1903: 166) . |