Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Cryptocerus bicolor Guérin-Méneville, 1844a PDF: 425 (w.) INDIA (Puducherry). Indomalaya. Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: India: Pondichery (
A. Delessert). Type-depository: MNHN. Type notes:
Schödl, 1998 PDF: 372 says, “the holotype worker could not be located”.
AntCat AntWiki HOL Taxonomic history
Status as species:
Smith, 1853 PDF: 224;
Smith, 1858a PDF: 193;
Smith, 1862d PDF: 412;
Mayr, 1862 PDF: 764;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 39;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 428;
Smith, 1871a PDF: 334;
Smith, 1873: ix;
Smith, 1875 PDF: 34;
Forel, 1885b PDF: 182;
Emery, 1887f PDF: 470;
Rothney, 1889 PDF: 373;
Emery, 1892c PDF: 166;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 136;
Emery, 1893h PDF: 248;
Emery, 1895m: 472;
Mayr, 1897 PDF: 431;
Emery, 1901h PDF: 120;
Forel, 1903a PDF: 705;
Rothney, 1903: 97;
Bingham, 1903 PDF: 168;
Forel, 1907d PDF: 12;
Forel, 1908b PDF: 2;
Forel, 1911c PDF: 226;
Forel, 1913l PDF: 83;
Wheeler, 1913f PDF: 237;
Viehmeyer, 1916a PDF: 128;
Wheeler, 1923c PDF: 3;
Emery, 1924f PDF: 228;
Wheeler, 1927b PDF: 45;
Mukerjee, 1930 PDF: 154;
Wheeler, 1930k PDF: 69;
Donisthorpe, 1932b PDF: 576;
Karavaiev, 1935a PDF: 99;
Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 112;
Collingwood, 1970b: 377;
Bolton, 1995b: 250;
Wu & Wang, 1995a: 78;
Schödl, 1998 PDF: 371 (redescription);
Tiwari, 1999 PDF: 61;
Mathew & Tiwari, 2000 PDF: 332;
Zhou, 2001a PDF: 98;
Ghosh et al., 2005 PDF: 25;
Terayama, 2009 PDF: 186;
Pfeiffer et al., 2011 PDF: 47;
Guénard & Dunn, 2012 PDF: 44;
Bharti & Akbar, 2014c PDF: 814 (in key);
Bharti et al., 2016 PDF: 38;
Jaitrong et al., 2016 PDF: 36;
Rasheed et al., 2019 10.13102/sociobiology.v66i3.4330 PDF: 432;
Dias et al., 2020 10.3897/zookeys.967.54432 PDF: 75;
Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020 10.3897/zookeys.998.54902 PDF: 99;
Wang et al., 2022 10.20362/am.015006 PDF: 83.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Asia: Bangladesh,
Bhutan,
Borneo,
Cambodia,
China,
India,
Indonesia,
Laos,
Malaysia,
Myanmar,
Nepal,
Pakistan,
Philippines,
Singapore,
Sri Lanka,
Taiwan,
Thailand,
Vietnam Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Australasia,
Indomalaya
Distribution Notes:
India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore
Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)
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Meranoplus bicolor |
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Emery, C., 1893, Voyage de M. E. Simon à l'île de Ceylan (janvier - février 1892). 3 e Mémoire. Formicides., Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 62, pp. 239-258: 10, (download) |
10 |
3767
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Meranoplus bicolor |
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Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum: 193, (download) |
193 |
8127
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Meranoplus bicolor |
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Mayr, G., 1862, Myrmecologische Studien., Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12, pp. 649-776: 764, (download) |
764 |
4445
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Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in Port of entry, 1 times found in mixed deciduous, secondary growth, 1 times found in rice paddies.
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times in bananas, 1 times under stone, 1 times folded leaves on trees and shrubs.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 2 times Pitfall, 1 times general collecting, 1 times Malaise Traps.
Elevations: collected from 20 - 1219 meters, 356 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1936-06-27 00:00:00.0 and 2012-04-17 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: Holotype of Meranoplus dimicans: casent0902027; Lectotype of Meranoplus bicolor lucidus: casent0908934
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Mexico
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