Type location Zimbabwe (Meranoplus sthenus n.sp., Bolton, 1981a: 50, illustrated, worker & queen); worker only described (see Bolton, 1995) .
Bolton's description (1981a) is at
WORKER - TL 2.8-3.2 mm (Bolton, 1981a, illustrated, lateral alitrunk and pedicel, promesonotal shield).
The photomontage is of the holotype worker collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0902022
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