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Shield Ants
Meranoplus
Meranoplus is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. With over 80 valid species, it is predicted that over half of the Meranoplus diversity remains undescribed, most of these from Australia.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Bicolored Shield Ant
speciesMeranoplus bicolor
Meranoplus hirsutus
speciesMeranoplus hirsutus
Meranoplus minor
speciesMeranoplus minor
Meranoplus mucronatus
speciesMeranoplus mucronatus
Diversus-group Shield Ants
complexMeranoplus diversus
Furry Cautious Ant
speciesMeranoplus peringueyi
Meranoplus oceanicus
speciesMeranoplus oceanicus
Meranoplus froggatti
speciesMeranoplus froggatti
Meranoplus curvispina
speciesMeranoplus curvispina
Meranoplus bellii
speciesMeranoplus bellii
Meranoplus puryi
speciesMeranoplus puryi
Meranoplus castaneus
speciesMeranoplus castaneus
Meranoplus laeviventris
speciesMeranoplus laeviventris
Meranoplus pubescens
speciesMeranoplus pubescens
Magretti's Cautious ant
speciesMeranoplus magrettii
Meranoplus rothneyi
speciesMeranoplus rothneyi
Meranoplus fenestratus
speciesMeranoplus fenestratus
Meranoplus levis
speciesMeranoplus levis
Meranoplus mayri
speciesMeranoplus mayri
Meranoplus barretti
speciesMeranoplus barretti
Meranoplus inermis
speciesMeranoplus inermis
Meranoplus ferrugineus
speciesMeranoplus ferrugineus
Meranoplus mjobergi
speciesMeranoplus mjobergi
Meranoplus similis
speciesMeranoplus similis
Meranoplus dimidiatus
speciesMeranoplus dimidiatus
Meranoplus spininodis
speciesMeranoplus spininodis
Meranoplus linae
speciesMeranoplus linae
Meranoplus malaysianus
speciesMeranoplus malaysianus
Meranoplus minimus
speciesMeranoplus minimus
Meranoplus glaber
speciesMeranoplus glaber
Meranoplus tanomtongi
speciesMeranoplus tanomtongi
Meranoplus sabronensis
speciesMeranoplus sabronensis
Meranoplus spinosus
speciesMeranoplus spinosus
Meranoplus rugosus
speciesMeranoplus rugosus
Meranoplus aureolus
speciesMeranoplus aureolus
Meranoplus hilli
speciesMeranoplus hilli
Meranoplus sthenus
speciesMeranoplus sthenus
Meranoplus radamae
speciesMeranoplus radamae
Meranoplus testudineus
speciesMeranoplus testudineus
Meranoplus astericus
speciesMeranoplus astericus
Meranoplus beatoni
speciesMeranoplus beatoni
Meranoplus biliran
speciesMeranoplus biliran
Meranoplus birmanus
speciesMeranoplus birmanus
Meranoplus boltoni
speciesMeranoplus boltoni
Meranoplus borneensis
speciesMeranoplus borneensis
Meranoplus clypeatus
speciesMeranoplus clypeatus
Meranoplus cryptomys
speciesMeranoplus cryptomys
Meranoplus dlusskyi
speciesMeranoplus dlusskyi
Meranoplus excavatus
speciesMeranoplus excavatus
Meranoplus hoplites
speciesMeranoplus hoplites
Meranoplus leveillei
speciesMeranoplus leveillei
Meranoplus loebli
speciesMeranoplus loebli
Meranoplus montanus
speciesMeranoplus montanus
Meranoplus nepalensis
speciesMeranoplus nepalensis
Meranoplus niger
speciesMeranoplus niger
Meranoplus parviumgulatus
speciesMeranoplus parviumgulatus
Meranoplus periyarensis
speciesMeranoplus periyarensis
Meranoplus pulcher
speciesMeranoplus pulcher
Meranoplus raripilis
speciesMeranoplus raripilis
Meranoplus schoedli
speciesMeranoplus schoedli
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 120591.