Meranoplus castaneus

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 194

publication ID

8127

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6297384

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F8C194CD-90F7-1D55-5EB5-DE2F17CFA5AA

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scientific name

Meranoplus castaneus
status

 

5. Meranoplus castaneus View in CoL   HNS .

Female. Length 3 1/2 lines. - Chestnut-red: head and thorax longitudinally subrugose; the metathorax with two small teeth or spines; the second node of the peduncle with a minute spine posteriorly; the flagellum obscurely ferruginous; the teeth and eyes black; the metathorax truncate, the centre of the trunca- tion finely striated longitudinally; the legs with scattered pale hairs; the base of the femora obscurely ferruginous. Abdomen ovate, finely punctured, and sprinkled with long pale hairs; the nodes of the peduncle rugose; the first, viewed laterally, wedge- shaped, and produced into an angular tooth or process at its base; the second subquadrate; both are sprinkled with long erect hairs,

Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Meranoplus

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