Protonym: Meranoplus intrudens
Authorship Smith, 1876d: 609, pl. 11, fig. 7
Forms w.q.m.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality SOUTH AFRICA
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Bolton, 1974a: 42). Primary type locality: lectotype South Africa: Natal, Durban, Weenen Dist., in acacia thorns, “76,48.Natal” (J.M. Hutchinson). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers, 2 paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.
Type notes 1) The queen described by Smith, 1876d is absent from BMNH, presumed lost or destroyed (Bolton, 1974a: 43). 2) BMNH accessions register gives “1876 no. 48. Meranoplus intrudens. Natal. Presented by F. Smith. This species was found by Mr J. Monkhouse Hutchinson inhabiting thorns of a species of Acacia in the Weenen District, Natal”.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Cataulacus intrudens Species Valid
Meranoplus intrudens Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Cataulacus intrudens (Smith, 1876)
Original combination