Meranoplus bicolor (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) and related species in Thailand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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The 4th Thailand International Symposium on Natural History Museums

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Kuntima Yodprasit

Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand

Wattanachai Tasen

Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand

Weeyawat Jaitrong

Office of Natural Science Research, National Science Museum, 39, Moo 3, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand

Abstract

Meranoplus Smith, 1853 is distributed in the Old World tropics, from Africa, Asia, New Guinea to Australia. Two similar species, Meranoplus bicolor (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) and M. laeviventris Emery, 1889 are reported in the present paper. Worker diagnosis of the two species and a queen description of M. bicolor are provided. Distributions of these species are discussed and a distribution map of M. bicolor and M. laeviventris is presented.

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