Taxonomic history
Lectotype designation: Boudinot & Fisher, 2013 PDF: 327.Boudinot & Fisher, 2013 PDF: 327 (q.m.).Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 137; Wheeler, 1922: 1029; Emery, 1924f PDF: 227; Bolton, 1995b: 251; Boudinot & Fisher, 2013 PDF: 326 (redescription).
Meranoplus radamae is a Malagasy species of ant in the genus Meranoplus. The species diurnal.[1]
Meranoplus radamae is restricted to the grasslands and woodlands of the High Plateau, and the spiny forests of southern Madagascar. Specimens are known from 370 to 1550 m above sea level, and nests have been collected under stones in grassland and from ground nests. A few collections have been made in southern rainforest sites, but these may represent local adaptation to disturbed habitats.[2]
This article incorporates text from a scholarly publication published under a copyright license that allows anyone to reuse, revise, remix and redistribute the materials in any form for any purpose: Boudinot, Brendon E.; Fisher, Brian L. (2013), "A taxonomic revision of the Meranoplus F. Smith of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) with keys to species and diagnosis of the males." (PDF), Zootaxa, 3635 (4): 301–339, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3635.4.1 Please check the source for the exact licensing terms.
