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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)

// Distribution

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Afrotropical

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 2 times found in Savanna, 2 times found in coastal lowland rainforest, 1 times found in mature wet forest, 1 times found in rainforest, 1 times found in savanna woodland, 1 times found in Teminalia savanna.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times undergrowth, low canopy in forest, 1 times nocturnal forager, 1 times ex Malaise trap, 1 times elephant path.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 3 times Pitfall trap, 1 times Pitfalls, 1 times Turning over rocks, 1 times Beat 25 sample transect, 10m, beating low vegetation, 1 times Malaise, 1 times search, 1 times sweep.

Elevations: collected from 40 - 1520 meters, 719 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1958-02-12 and 2016-08-06

Type specimens: syntype of Meranoplus nanus: casent0908928, casent0913652; syntype of Meranoplus nanus nanior kiboshana: casent0922234

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