Meranoplus clypeatus (lat.) Is a species of small ants of the genus Meranoplus from the subfamily Myrmicinae ( Formicidae ).
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| Meranoplus clypeatus Bernard, 1953 |
Content
- 1 Distribution
- 2 Description
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
Distribution
Afrotropics ( Guinea , DRC ) [1] .
Description
The length of the working ants is 2.8 - 3.8 mm, the length of the head is 0.76 - 0.88 mm (width 0.74 - 0.84 mm). The main body color is brown. The dorsum of the petiol is unarmed, without teeth. Mandibles are armed with 4 teeth. Postpetiol scale-like. Antennae 9-segmented with a mace of 3 apical segments. Maxillary palps 5-segmented, mandibular palps of 3 segments. The chest is high, the pronotum is merged with the mesonotum, forming a single scleritis. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of two segments: petiolus and postpetiolus (the latter is clearly separated from the abdomen), the sting is developed, pupae are naked (without cocoon) [1] [2] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Bolton, B. A revision of the ant genera Meranoplus F. Smith, Dicroaspis Emery and Calyptomyrmex Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region (English) // Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology series): Magazine. - London : British Museum (Natural History) , 1981. - Vol. 42. - P. 43–81.
- ↑ Bernard, F. 1953b [1952]. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. Xi. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mém. Inst. Fr Afr. Noire 19: 165-270 (page 244, fig. 13)
Literature
- Bolton, B. A revision of the ant genera Meranoplus F. Smith, Dicroaspis Emery and Calyptomyrmex Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region (English) // Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology series): Journal. - London : British Museum (Natural History) , 1981. - Vol. 42. - P. 43–81.
- Boudinot Brendon E., Fisher Brian L. A taxonomic revision of the Meranoplus F. Smith of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) with keys to species and diagnosis of the males. : Journal. - 2013 .-- Vol. 3635. - P. 301–339. - DOI : 10.11646 / zootaxa.3635.4.1 .