• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 193; Smith, 1862d: 412; Roger, 1863b: 39; Mayr, 1863a: 428; Smith, 1871a: 334; Mayr, 1872: 155; Emery, 1887f: 470; Dalla Torre, 1893: 136; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 451.
• Junior synonym of Meranoplus castaneus: Forel, 1912o: 61; Wheeler, 1919f: 90; Emery, 1924f: 228; Bolton, 1995b: 251; Schödl, 1998: 378.

Citations

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