Meranoplus attenuatus (Smith, F. 1876)
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Formicidae
Genus: Meranoplus
Name
Meranoplus attenuatus Smith, F., 1876 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Meranoplus attenuatus Smith, F., 1876, Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 9: 610-610.
Description
Female. - Length 2 1 / 2 fines. Black and shining; the head rather strongly punctured; the ocelli distinct, placed in a triangle on the vertex; the apical joint of the antennae rufo-testaceous. Thorax oblong, longitudinally roughly striated; the metathorax deeply emarginate, forming two lateral stout teeth; wings wanting; femora much attenuated at the base, and swollen in the middle; the anterior tibiae and tarsi, and the apical joints of the two posterior pairs, rufo-testaceous. Abdomen oblong-ovate, striated at the base, the apex with scattered pale hairs; the first node of the peduncle with large punctures, and much narrower than the second, which is longitudinally striated. (Fig. 9, #x2640;. Pl. XL)
Distribution
Hab. - Para.
Taxon Treatment
- Smith, F.; 1876: Descriptions of new species of Cryptoceridae, belonging to the genera Cryptocerus, Meranoplus and Cataulacus., Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 9: 610-610. doi
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