Meranoplus levis (lat.) Is a species of small ants of the genus Meranoplus from the subfamily Myrmicinae ( Formicidae ).
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| Meranoplus levis Donisthorpe, 1942 |
Distribution
South Asia : India , Sri Lanka [1] .
Description
Small ants covered with numerous hairs. They differ from similar species with five-toed mandibles, a smooth dorsal surface of the head and prozonezotum. The length of the working ants is 4.0 - 4.3 mm, the length of the head is 0.93 - 0.95 mm (width 0.95 - 1.03 mm). The main body color is brown (the abdomen is darker). Antennae 9-segmented with a mace of 3 apical segments. Maxillary palps 5-segmented, mandibular palps of 3 segments. Mandibles are armed with 5 teeth. The chest is high, the pronotum is merged with the mesonotum, forming a single sclerite with the bordered dorsum. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of two segments: the petiolus and postpetiolus (the latter is clearly separated from the abdomen), the sting is developed, pupae are naked (without cocoon). The valid status was confirmed during an audit conducted in 1998 by the Austrian peacemologist Stefan Schödl (1957-2005) [1] [2] [3] .
See also
- Cerapachys schoedli
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Schödl S. Taxonomic revision of Oriental Meranoplus F. Smith, 1853 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) (Eng.) // Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. B. Bot. Zool. : Magazine. - Wien : Naturhistorischen Museums , 1998. - Vol. 100. - P. 361-394. - ISSN 0083-6133 .
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Donisthorpe, H. 1942. Ants from the Colombo Museum Expedition to Southern India, September-October 1938. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11 (9): 449-461 PDF (page 455)
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): Magazine. - 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 (English) // Zootaxa : Journal. - 2013 .-- Vol. 3635. - P. 301–339. - DOI : 10.11646 / zootaxa.3635.4.1 .