View source for Meranoplus dimicans (Walker, F. 1859)

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{{Publication to wiki notice
 | author = Walker, F.
 | author_abbreviated = Walker, F.
 | year = 1859
 | title = Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects.
 | journal = Annals and Magazine of Natural History
 | volume = 4
 | pages = 375 -- 376
 | doi = TODO
 | citationurl = http://antbase.org/ants/publications/2935/2935.pdf
 | url = http://antbase.org/ants/publications/2935/2935.pdf
 | publisher = 
 | publisherurl = 
}}

{{Treatment start
 | Ordo = Hymenoptera
 | Familia = Formicidae
 | Genus = Meranoplus
 | Specific name = dimicans
 | Infraspecific name = 
 | Taxon rank = species
 | Taxon authority = Walker, F., 1859
 | Taxon status = 
 | Nomenclature citation = {{Nomenclature citation| ''{{Taxon name|Meranoplus dimicans}}'' Walker, F., 1859, Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4: 375-376.}} 
 | Wikispecies page name = Meranoplus_dimicans
 | ZooBank ID = 
 | Pensoft Profile = Meranoplus_dimicans
}}

{{Section|class=description|heading = Description|content=Neut. Rufescens, convexus, brevis, latus, scabrosus, pilosus, capite subquadrate, antennis clavatis, scutello bi- spinoso, metathorace bispinuloso, abdomine latiore nigro brevi-clliptico, pedibus breviusculis.
Worker. Reddish, convex, short, broad, scabrous, pilose. Head subquadrate, a little broader than the thorax. Antennae clavate. Scutellum with two long acute spines, which are directed obliquely hindward. Metathorax with two small spines. Abdomen black, short-elliptical, broader than the thorax. Legs short. Length of the body 2 lines.}}

==Taxon Treatment==
*{{aut|Walker, F.}}; 1859: Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects., Annals and Magazine of Natural History '''4''': 375-376. {{doi|TODO}}

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