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<taxonomicName id="80CA5A9DC4A2B72560E41D780FFE9FA6" ID-CoL="3ZTCH" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:30630" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Meranoplus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Meranoplus mars Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="390" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mars">Meranoplus mars</taxonomicName>
Forel, 1902
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<paragraph id="29F4ED8BEF242B6C609286AE89A44C51" pageNumber="390">(Figs. 14, 15, 59, 78, 94)</paragraph>
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Forel, 1902: 454
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,
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; worker)
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. - Taylor &amp; Brown, 1985: 68 (catalogue), Taylor, 1987: 39 (listed), Bolton, 1995: 251 (catalogue), Shattuck, 1999: 143 (listed). Lectotype worker (
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, here designated), ' Typus [printed on red label] \ M. Mars [? ' type'; illegible] Forel Chartesr Towers [? ' ou' or ' ost'] Queensland (Wiederkehr) [handwritten] \ sp. M. Mars Forel [handwritten] \ Coll. Forel [printed] '; 3 paralectotypes in
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,
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.
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<paragraph id="B9FF0A762E15B69EAD6AE572DCCCE754" pageNumber="390">WORKERS (n = 16). TL 5.45 - 6.50, HL 1.35 - 1.63, HW 1.45 - 1.78, FC 1.23 - 1.50, CS 1.43 - 1.69, SL 0.80 - 0.95, SI 1 52 - 59, SI 2 55 - 61, PML 1.0 - 1.3, PW 1.25 - 1.55, PMD 1.32 - 1.63, PMI 2 102 - 111, ML 1.35 - 1.65, PTLL 0.40 - 0.48, PTLH 0.55 - 0.65, PTDW 0.45 - 0.59, PPLL 0.33 - 0.43, PPLH 0.55 - 0.68, PPI 57 - 68, PPDW 0.45 - 0.60, PT / PP 93 - 105.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="31A7691F75722E79171F6852AEEB5546" pageNumber="391">Mandible with three teeth. Clypeus in full face view anteriorly tridentate, the median tooth frequently reduced to a blunt bulge, or all three teeth reduced to short blunt dents, moderately surpassing anterolateral frontal corners. Head moderately wider than long (CI 104 - 113), preoccipital corners evenly rounded, rear margin with shallow depression. Frontal carinae posteriorly almost parallel-sided, anteriorly broadly rounded and evenly narrowed towards clypeus, not distinctly narrower than head width (FI 115 - 122). Antennal scrobe in lateral view posteriorly reaching far beyond middle of head, feebly to distinctly transversely carinulate in posterior half, occasionally with additional shagreening, posteriorly distinctly demarcated from remainder of head. Genae and ventrolateral sides of head carinate to rugose, preoccipital lobes reticulate. Compound eyes rather large (EL 0.26 - 0.33, REL 0.18 - 0.21, with 16 - 19 ommatidia in the longest row) situated at about middle of lateral sides of head, dorsal ocular margin confluent with ventral scrobal margin.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B3FF68DDD2E5A678CC9531869D2829A9" pageNumber="391">Promesonotum moderately wider than long (PMI 112 - 129), only pronotum narrowly translucently margined, propodeal declivity partly visible from above. Anterior mesonotal projections hook-like, posterolateral and postrior teeth more or less acute and narrow, mesonotum posteriorly distinctly indented. Propodeal spines of moderate length (PSL 0.48 - 0.65), slightly arcuate and acute, distinctly diverging when seen from above.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F00F13029A889E0D03785FBCCCDC882A" pageNumber="391">Petiole higher than long (PTI 71 - 80), in profile triangular with anterior face straight and unsculptured, posterior face convex, distinctly and regularly costate. Postpetiole elongately nodiform distinctly tapering towards base, with ventral medium sized tooth, rugose throughout. First gastral tergite with dense microreticulum, basally with additional scattered carinulae.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="760C8C95F244061DB3984B2E82E1EAB9" pageNumber="391">Dorsum of head regularly costate, with few oblique transverse meshes, at very rear reticulate; interspaces with microsculpture. Promesonotal shield elongately rugose to rugoreticulate. All dorsal surfaces with short decumbent arcuate and long outstanding (&gt; 500 µ m) thin hairs.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B081A78EF364ACE85AAAD44D6E252E0C" pageNumber="391">Concolorous brown.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="4D108DFAD3F55726FB9C50B9259EFEC8" pageNumber="391">MATERIAL EXAMINED</paragraph>
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:
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,
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(
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,
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(
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.
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:
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,
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,
<collectingDate id="63068109CE634543B154A87E092BA719" day="04" month="06" value="1959-06-04" year="1959">4. vi. 1959</collectingDate>
(coll. unknown)
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;
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<location id="685BDA8D8CC445BE1D7C129C19480045" LSID="plazi:F1E74ECB2C535FB1542C026D388E0576:AEAD1E58816E48DDC01C040EB1288720" country="Australia" name="Townsville" stateProvince="Queensland">Townsville</location>
,
<collectingDate id="BD8D76B8011593C3EC64E29BED098A18">1952</collectingDate>
(
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)
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;
<materialsCitation id="09D97D11437D5DF1DE772561E7247262" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1416639172" collectingDate="1966-01-18" collectorName="B. B. Lowery" country="Australia" location="St George's" stateProvince="Queensland">
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, nr.
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,
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,
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,
<collectingDate id="444BA2A5218D4D673AF3C827C33E88CE" day="07" month="04" value="1981-04-07" year="1981">7. iv. 1981</collectingDate>
(
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.
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:
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,
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(
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.
<materialsCitation id="26EA4015EC65517039B746E2A80DDCC6" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1416639178" collectingDate="1996-11-14" country="Australia" location="Innamincka" stateProvince="South Australia">
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:
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,
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,
<collectingDate id="91FCBB43F20C1C059DAF4C6AAAD0719F" day="14" month="11" value="1996-11-14" year="1996">10. - 14. xi. 1996</collectingDate>
(coll. unknown)
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<collectingDate id="69A636B1DA1C2581506C4930F0AF2306" day="05" month="03" value="1996-03-05" year="1996">1. - 5. iii. 1996</collectingDate>
(coll. unknown)
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,
<collectingDate id="54FFFE91EE945EDC625C7704F472F8E1" day="05" month="03" value="1996-03-05" year="1996">1. - 5. iii. 1996</collectingDate>
(coll. unknown)
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;
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,
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,
<collectingDate id="6D947DC14317036CD9768B0F55843589" day="17" month="11" value="1995-11-17" year="1995">13. - 17. xi. 1995</collectingDate>
(coll. unknown)
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;
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<locationDeviation id="84B868F77F71215578C5BCAA2A9A700C">6.3 km E</locationDeviation>
<location id="4DD1558FB39D1A10CB2A0E791E86EE24" LSID="plazi:F1E74ECB2C535FB1542C026D388E0576:819FE76ED256BB76692A7FA29AE56FB6" country="Australia" name="Unducurra Hill" stateProvince="South Australia">Unducurra Hill</location>
,
<location id="EFBBD628C3B781BD7C65E8F81236BF15" LSID="plazi:F1E74ECB2C535FB1542C026D388E0576:8A5E8F1CEF640B45EFC7CE153535D5F0" country="Australia" name="Eringa Stn." stateProvince="South Australia">Eringa Stn.</location>
,
<collectingDate id="F8050EA46E60C26B3D9D5BEA74A7627D" day="17" month="11" value="1995-11-17" year="1995">14. - 17. xi. 1995</collectingDate>
(coll. unknown)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation id="658252466C547E7C629F9A20827971F5" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1416639214" collectingDate="1997-11-09" country="Australia" location="Innamincka" stateProvince="South Australia">
<location id="FD17FE067990DD7DEBE9BFE6D66E4919" LSID="plazi:F1E74ECB2C535FB1542C026D388E0576:264F7C13F7DD8568680BBCA4E9938324" country="Australia" name="Innamincka" stateProvince="South Australia">Innamincka</location>
,
<locationDeviation id="AF4DDB53378003A576004A516F8208BF">6.6 km SW</locationDeviation>
<location id="C7A8EC31312CA4F8E70A407295750646" LSID="plazi:F1E74ECB2C535FB1542C026D388E0576:938A404447CBAC17B6038D2390B24B65" country="Australia" name="Table Hill" stateProvince="South Australia">Table Hill</location>
,
<collectingDate id="DEC2C1BF8A6FE50AF3A94F6E44E5F810" day="09" month="11" value="1997-11-09" year="1997">4. - 9. xi. 1997</collectingDate>
(coll. unknown)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation id="C829BE22232CF46CD41D5A760BE4701B" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1416639217" collectingDate="1995-04-29" collectorName="Brandle" country="Australia" location="Cowarie" stateProvince="South Australia">
<location id="F504E2CD37891CBAC2A63FAA801875C8" LSID="plazi:F1E74ECB2C535FB1542C026D388E0576:93248236B7F4C7CB8C0B82E699371C46" country="Australia" name="Cowarie" stateProvince="South Australia">Cowarie</location>
,
<locationDeviation id="04730C37C6302C4A1C2FD2D9B75D4FB8">5 km NE</locationDeviation>
<location id="7AC2BBF0459272873C3A4F2C6BE9CED5" LSID="plazi:F1E74ECB2C535FB1542C026D388E0576:FBCEB64A5696B9416806EEA847D7C0B0" country="Australia" name="Witchinna" stateProvince="South Australia">Witchinna</location>
WH,
<collectingDate id="D852D2157131BDE66D10C0AAB4F5AB85" day="29" month="04" value="1995-04-29" year="1995">29. iv. 1995</collectingDate>
(
<collectorName id="894DD73237E70C87853726AF7CEDC5F0">Brandle</collectorName>
)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation id="671DB7831438E0770B26503B1E1F5A7A" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1416639213" collectingDate="1995-04" country="Australia" location="Apollo Bore" stateProvince="South Australia">
<locationDeviation id="C4A7109557A76894F849B329CEF37B5D">3 km NW</locationDeviation>
<location id="3E457254320BEF1A743CBF4BC6A3605E" LSID="plazi:F1E74ECB2C535FB1542C026D388E0576:2382B9AABC174C20A36A0DA2D7BB0ABB" country="Australia" name="Apollo Bore" stateProvince="South Australia">Apollo Bore</location>
,
<collectingDate id="C69234737DEB3ED021516E6743795DB3" month="04" value="1995-04" year="1995">iv. 1995</collectingDate>
(coll. unknown)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation id="A8E8C1429ADFEFD7D358121FDB8E9306" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1416639221" collectingDate="1994-11-11" collectorName="J. Reid" country="Australia" location="Murnpeowie" stateProvince="South Australia">
<location id="7AAB76E0DEF4CD26C9AEA0B2C117A39A" LSID="plazi:F1E74ECB2C535FB1542C026D388E0576:7EEC64B0AB8B969ED4D507CB2B95ACB0" country="Australia" name="Murnpeowie" stateProvince="South Australia">Murnpeowie</location>
,
<locationDeviation id="345F7FD66810C39EC58B01ACE324089C">1 km WSW</locationDeviation>
<location id="EB73441056610BCD95951B7113F8CE8F" LSID="plazi:F1E74ECB2C535FB1542C026D388E0576:86D9C63FDAD493A1AC4B5BAF4B1D1E89" country="Australia" name="Mt Playford" stateProvince="South Australia">Mt Playford</location>
,
<collectingDate id="E5D95344B8CB7F4CEFC0A2B49DD3CEE0" day="11" month="11" value="1994-11-11" year="1994">11. xi. 1994</collectingDate>
(
<collectorName id="0065E9B3B45D4AC8B261ECCBEF4AB6A1">J. Reid</collectorName>
)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation id="A0E47054AFC66DACE59545EC48226B65" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1416639206" collectionCode="ANIC, NHMW, SAMA, UQIC" country="Australia" location="Mulga View Stn." stateProvince="South Australia">
<location id="AD07995D8BD3B86C15E38C498FAD9F3D" LSID="plazi:F1E74ECB2C535FB1542C026D388E0576:14EC6EA4CA0C66C73E9F46078B581229" country="Australia" name="Mulga View Stn." stateProvince="South Australia">Mulga View Stn.</location>
,
<locationDeviation id="3F04FA3C31ED3A7BE1271117BDA9A4DC">6.3 km SSE</locationDeviation>
<location id="10FF43E301A050DECEB900757EA8D4E3" LSID="plazi:F1E74ECB2C535FB1542C026D388E0576:EC3F707724713BAE85A237E957A7E3B9" country="Australia" name="Mulga View H. S." stateProvince="South Australia">Mulga View H. S.</location>
(coll. unknown) (59 workers, 4 gynes in
<collectionCode id="D8417A89E61BC667CBE6D132FCFB154C" collectionName="Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra City, CSIRO, Australian National Insect Collection">ANIC</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="0921CDC01CC5B694E59B7D82F71C53F5" collectionName="Austria, Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien">NHMW</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="BCBFF1FDF5C524121867858D8CA0055C" collectionName="Australia, South Australia, Adelaide, South Australian Museum">SAMA</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="B1801C77179973DE4FB0FCE86AB1F870" collectionName="Australia, Queensland, St. Lucia, University of Queensland">UQIC</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="A13D813C54AE9162ABCA8370DD135F61" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="B2E7DCD1E932030D7E4CE97A7C4C4B34" pageNumber="391">DISCUSSION</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B3603464F9A846D0326272C9FE6BDC88" pageNumber="391">
<taxonomicName id="8D554339254929FD7EF34E4795AD8693" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:30630" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Meranoplus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Meranoplus mars Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="391" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mars">M. mars</taxonomicName>
is distinct by the clypeal structure, by the hook-like posteriorly directed mesonotal spines in additon with the strongly diverging propodeal spines.
<taxonomicName id="91FBF233B855BC2EF7EC78BDB7170C88" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:226120" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Meranoplus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Meranoplus wilsoni Schödl" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="391" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wilsoni">M. wilsoni</taxonomicName>
, with which it occurs sympatrically partly has the clypeus bidentate and never with an additional medial bulge and less diverging propodeal spines. Distributed from south-central to north-east coastal Australia.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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