TY  - JOUR
AU  - Boudinot, B.E.
T1  - Rediscovery of Tricytarus Donisthorpe, 1947, a new genus-level synonym of Meranoplus F. Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
JF  - Myrmecological News
Y1  - 2014
DA  - 2014
PB  - The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics
SN  - Print: 1994-4136 - Online: 1997-3500
N1  - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_020:095
DO  - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_020:095
SP  - 95-100
KW  - Male, genitalia, Indomalayan region, Australasian region, Meranoplini, taxonomy.
AB  - The male-based genus Tricytarus Donisthorpe, 1947 is rediscovered and synonymized with the genus Meranoplus F. Smith, 1853 syn.n. A neotype is designated for Meranoplus parviumgulatus (Donisthorpe, 1947) comb.n. which is documented to occur sympatrically with the very similar species M. niger Donisthorpe, 1949. Morphometrics and a differential diagnosis are provided for the first time for both species, and the male genitalia of several Meranoplus species are contrasted, with notes on the identification of M. parviumgulatus and M. niger. Micrographs are provided for both M. parviumgulatus and M. niger, including images of select genitalic sclerites.
JA  - Myrmecological News
M3  - Original Article
VL  - 20