Meranoplus Smith 1853 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: F. Smith. 1853. Monograph of the genus Cryptocerus, belonging to the group Cryptoceridae - family Myrmicidae - division Hymenoptera Heterogyna. The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, New Series 2:213-228

Parent taxon: Crematogastrini according to P. S. Ward et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Cardiocondyla, Carebara, Cataulacus, Crematogaster, Eocenomyrma, Gauromyrmex, Hypopomyrmex, Leptothorax, Lonchomyrmex, Lophomyrmex, Lordomyrma, Myrmecina, Nesomyrmex, Oxyidris, Parameranoplus, Podomyrma, Pristomyrmex, Proatta, Proleptothorax, Stigmomyrmex, Stiphromyrmex, Temnothorax, Tetramorium, Thanacomyrmex, Vollenhovia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Zhangpu amber (Miocene of China)

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