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The Ants of
Africa SUBFAMILY MYRMICINAE - Genus Meranoplus |
Contents - Myrmicinae - MYRMICINAE Introduction |
In Tribe MERANOPLINI.
Diagnostic Features - Antennae 9-segmented with a 3-segmented club; antennal scrobes well developed and deep. Eyes situated towards the posterior of the ventral border of the scrobes. Promesonotum fused, strongly margined all around, projecting posteriorly as a shelf which overhangs the near vertical propodeum. Posterior margin of shelf with a number of teeth or spines. Propodeum unarmed or bidentate or bispinose. Petiole and postpetiole scale-like. All are brown to dark brown, with all dorsal surfaces having abundant, long, soft hairs giving the ants a furry appearance.
Arnold (1917) gave a transcription of Smith (1854 - unavailable in
HNS) and a key to South African forms; these are at . Botlon's (1981a) revsion is at
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Key to the workers of African species (adapted from Bolton, 1981a):
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southern east Africa - glaber |
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southern east Africa - spininodis |
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Zimbabwe - sthenus |
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Senegal, Ghana (savannah) plus east and southern Africa - magrettii |
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southern Africa - peringueyi |
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Pan-African - inermis |
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Pan-African - nanus |
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Pan-African - clypeatus |
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MYRMICINAE Introduction |
© 2007, 2011, 2013 - Brian Taylor CBiol FSB FRES 11, Grazingfield, Wilford, Nottingham, NG11 7FN, U.K. |
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