Belongs within: Myrmicinae.
Contains: Crematogaster, Meranoplus.
The Meranoplini is a group of ants with a compact mesosoma and nine-segmented antenna. Members include Mayriella, an Indo-Australian genus characterised by deep, elongate antennal scrobes capable of accomodating the entirety of the antenna, together with elongate eyes with a narrow, oblique lower section (Heterick 2009). Pristomyrmex is a Palaeotropical genus of medium-sized ants with a round head bearing several denticles on the anterior margin of the clypeus, and eleven-segmented antennae in the female castes with a three-segmented club (Yamane & Terayama 1999).
Characters (from Tree of Life): Mesosoma short and compact. Promesonotum forming a shield that overhangs the pleurae laterally and usually overhangs the propodeum posteriorly. Antennae with 9 segments, with a 3-segmented club.
<==MeranopliniE14 | i. s.: Promeranoplus Emery 1914E14 | `--*P. rouxi Emery 1914E14 | Prodicroaspis Emery 1914E14 | `--*P. sarasini Emery 1914E14 | Calyptomyrmex Emery 1887E14, Z01 | `--C. wittmeri Baroni Urbani 1975Z01 | DicroaspisE14 |--+--Mayriella Forel 1902BS06, TB85 | | |--*M. abstinens Forel 1902TB85 | | | |--M. a. abstinens [incl. M. overbecki Viehmeyer 1925]TB85 | | | |--M. a. hackeri Wheeler 1935TB85 | | | `--M. a. venustula Wheeler 1935TB85 | | |--M. ebbeiBS06 | | |--M. occiduaH09 | | |--M. spinosior Wheeler 1935TB85 | | `--M. transfuga Baroni Urbani 1977Z01 | `--+--Xenomyrmex floridanusBS06 | `--+--Eutetramorium mocquerysiBS06 | `--Metapone Forel 1911BS06, TB85 | |--*M. greeni Forel 1911TB85 | |--M. leae Wheeler 1919TB85 | |--M. madagascaricaBS06 | |--M. mjobergi Forel 1915TB85 | |--M. tillyardi Wheeler 1919TB85 | `--M. tricolor McAreavey 1949TB85 `--+--+--CrematogasterSB08 | `--Pristomyrmex Mayr 1866SB08, YT99 (see below for synonymy) | |--*P. pungens Mayr 1866YT99 [incl. P. japonicus Forel 1900Z01] | |--P. brevispinosus Emery 1887B03 | | |--P. b. brevispinosumB03 | | `--P. b. sulcatusB03 | |--P. erythropygus Taylor 1968TB85 | |--P. foveolatus Taylor 1965TB85 | |--‘*Hylidris’ myersi Weber 1941YT99 | |--P. pulcherN-ZLI11 | |--P. quadridentata André 1905YT99 (see below for synonymy) | |--P. thoracicus Taylor 1965TB85 | |--‘*Dodous’ trispinosus Donisthorpe 1946YT99 | |--P. wheeleri Taylor 1965TB85 | |--P. wilsoni Taylor 1968TB85 | `--P. yaeyamensis Yamane & Terayama 1999 [incl. P. brevispinosus sulcatus var. formosae]YT99 `--+--MeranoplusSB08 `--+--Pheidologeton Mayr 1862BS06, TB85 (see below for synonymy) | |--*P. diversus (Jerdon 1851)TB85 (see below for synonymy) | |--P. affinis (Jerdon 1851)Z01 (see below for synonymy) | |--P. lamellifrons Forel 1902B03 | |--P. latinodus Zhou & Zheng 1997Z01 | |--P. melasolenos Zhou & Zheng 1997Z01 | |--P. nanus Roger 1863B03 | |--P. pygmaeusN-ZLI11 | |--P. silenusN-ZLI11 | `--P. trechiderus Zhou & Zheng 1997Z01 `--FormicoxeniniMR08 |--Formicoxenus nitidulusA71 `--Nesomyrmex Wheeler 1910BS06, MR08 |--*N. clavipilis Wheeler 1910TO99 |--N. angulatus (Mayr 1862) [=Leptothorax angulatus]MR08 |--N. antoinetteae Mbanyana & Robertson 2008MR08 |--N. braunsi (Forel 1912) [=Dilobocondyla (Tetramyrma) braunsi]MR08 |--N. cederbergensis Mbanyana & Robertson 2008MR08 |--N. denticulatus (Mayr 1901) [=Leptothorax denticulatus]MR08 |--N. echinatinodisBS06 |--N. entabeni Mbanyana & Robertson 2008MR08 |--N. ezantsi Mbanyana & Robertson 2008MR08 |--N. inye Mbanyana & Robertson 2008MR08 |--N. karooensis Mbanyana & Robertson 2008MR08 |--N. koebergensis Mbanyana & Robertson 2008MR08 |--N. larsenae Mbanyana & Robertson 2008MR08 |--N. mcgregori Mbanyana & Robertson 2008MR08 |--N. nanniae Mbanyana & Robertson 2008MR08 |--N. njengelanga Mbanyana & Robertson 2008MR08 |--N. ruani Mbanyana & Robertson 2008MR08 |--N. saasveldensis Mbanyana & Robertson 2008MR08 |--N. simoni (Emery 1895) [=Tetramorium simoni]MR08 |--N. stramineus (Arnold 1948) [=Limnomyrmex stramineus]MR08 |--N. tshiguvhoae Mbanyana & Robertson 2008MR08 `--N. vannoorti Mbanyana & Robertson 2008MR08
Pheidologeton Mayr 1862BS06, TB85 [=Pheidologiton (l. c.)Z01; incl. Amauromyrmex Wheeler 1929Z01, Idrisella Santschi 1937Z01]
Pheidologeton affinis (Jerdon 1851)Z01 [=Oecodoma affinisZ01, Atta affinisZ01, Pheidologiton (l. c.) affinisZ01; incl. Pheidologeton affinis var. australis Forel 1915Z01, Pheidole bellicosa Smith 1858Z01, Atta bellicosaB03, Solenopsis calida Smith 1863B03, S. laboriosus Smith 1861Z01, Pheidologeton laboriosusE89, Pheidologeton australis var. mjobergi Forel 1918Z01]
*Pheidologeton diversus (Jerdon 1851)TB85 [=Oecodoma diversusZ01, Pheidole diversusZ01, Pheidologiton (l. c.) diversusZ01; incl. Pheidole militaris Smith 1860Z01, Pheidole ocellifera Smith 1858B03, Pheidologeton ocelliferE89, Pheidole pabulator Smith 1860Z01, Myrmica polita Smith 1860Z01, Pheidole taprobanae Smith 1858B03]
Pristomyrmex Mayr 1866SB08, YT99 [incl. Dodous Donisthorpe 1946YT99, Hylidris Weber 1941YT99, Odontomyrmex André 1905YT99]
Pristomyrmex quadridentata André 1905YT99 [=P. (*Odontomyrmex) quadridentataYT99, *Odontomyrmex quadridentatusTB85; incl. P. (Odontomyrmex) quadridentatus queenslandensis Forel 1915TB85]
*Type species of generic name indicated
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