Meranoplus

is a diverse genus of distinctive myrmicine ants found from Africa, Madagascar and southern Asia to Indonesia and Australia. These soil-nesting ants are common in open habitats, and some species are seed harvesters.

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Meranoplus unicolor. An Australian harvester ant carries a seed back to her nest.

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

Meranoplus sp. shield ant.

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

A Meranoplus shield ant carries a bit of soil from a nest excavation.

Peebinga Conservation Park, South Australia

A nocturnal Meranoplus shield ant forages on a Eucalyptus trunk.

Poochera, South Australia

Meranoplus shield ants working at the nest entrance.

Peebinga Conservation Park, South Australia

Meranoplus sp. shield ants.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia

Portrait of a Meranoplus worker ant.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Portrait of a Meranoplus worker showing the distinctive thoracic shield that characterizes this genus.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

A disorderly pile of dirt marks the entrance of a small Meranoplus ant nest.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia

Meranoplus unicolor. An Australian harvester ant carries a seed back to her nest.

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

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Keywords: ant ants nature insects biology ecology formicidae myrmicinae meranoplus worker ant harvester ant granivory myrmecochory ant working ant carrying meranoplus unicolor ant with seed granivorous ants

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Meranoplus

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