Revision of Australian Meranoplus: the Meranoplus diversus group.

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Schoedl, (2007): Revision of Australian Meranoplus: the Meranoplus diversus group. In: Snelling, R. R., Fisher, B. L., Ward, P. S. (Eds): Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E. O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80: 370-424, URL: http://hol.osu.edu/reference-full.html?id=21827AbstractThe Afrotropical ponerine ant genus Asphinctopone is revised. Two species are recognised, of which one (differens) is described as new, and two names are established as new junior synonyms of the type-species silvestrii (lucidus and lamottei). A new diagnosis of the genus is presented, based on the female castes (male remains unknown) and critical morphological characters are discussed.