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Two new species and a new record of the ant genus Meranoplus Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Thailand.


ABSTRACT: Meranoplus Smith, 1853 is distributed in the Old World tropics, from Africa, Asia, New Guinea to Australia. There are four species Meranoplusbicolor (Guérin-Méneville, 1844), M.castaneus Smith, 1857, M.laeviventris Emery, 1889, and M.mucronatus Smith, 1857 previously recorded from Thailand. In the present paper, two new species of the genus, M.siamensis Yodprasit & Jaitrong, sp. nov. and M.tanomtongi Yodprasit & Jaitrong, sp. nov., are described based on the worker caste. Additionally, M.malaysianus Schödl, 1998 is recorded for the first time for Thailand. A key to the Oriental and Indo-Australian species, based on the worker caste, is provided. The new species and the new record were found to nest in soil.

SUBMITTER: Yodprasit K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11369496 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Two new species and a new record of the ant genus <i>Meranoplus</i> Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Thailand.

Yodprasit Kuntima K   Buddhakala Nopparat N   Tasen Wattanachai W   Jaitrong Weeyawat W  

ZooKeys 20240826


<i>Meranoplus</i> Smith, 1853 is distributed in the Old World tropics, from Africa, Asia, New Guinea to Australia. There are four species <i>Meranoplusbicolor</i> (Guérin-Méneville, 1844), <i>M.castaneus</i> Smith, 1857, <i>M.laeviventris</i> Emery, 1889, and <i>M.mucronatus</i> Smith, 1857 previously recorded from Thailand. In the present paper, two new species of the genus, <i>M.siamensis</i> Yodprasit & Jaitrong, <b>sp. nov.</b> and <i>M.tanomtongi</i> Yodprasit & Jaitrong, <b>sp. nov.</b>, a  ...[more]

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