# Melophorus

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{{Short description|Genus of ants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Melophorus anderseni casent0172008 profile 1.jpg
|image_caption = ''Melophorus anderseni'' worker
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Melophorus
|authority = Lubbock, 1883
|type_species = ''[Melophorus bagoti](/source/Melophorus_bagoti)''
|type_species_authority = Lubbock, 1883
|diversity_link = #Species
|diversity = 23 species
|diversity_ref = <ref name="AntCat">{{AntCat|429362|''Melophorus''|2014|accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref>
|synonyms =
''Erimelophorus'' <small>[Wheeler](/source/William_Morton_Wheeler), 1935</small><br />
''Trichomelophorus'' <small>Wheeler, 1935</small>
}}
250px|thumbnail|Head view of ant Melophorus majeri specimen

'''''Melophorus''''' (meaning "honey carrier")<ref name="Schultheiss_et_al_2010"/> is a [genus](/source/genus) of [ant](/source/ant)s in the [subfamily](/source/subfamily) [Formicinae](/source/Formicinae).<ref name="AWMelophorus"/> The genus is [endemic](/source/endemic) to [Australia](/source/Australia), where its species are common in arid and semiarid areas.<ref name="Schultheiss_et_al_2012"/>

==Species==
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*''[Melophorus aeneovirens](/source/Melophorus_aeneovirens)'' <small>(Lowne, 1865)</small>
*''[Melophorus anderseni](/source/Melophorus_anderseni)'' <small>Agosti, 1998</small>
*''[Melophorus bagoti](/source/Melophorus_bagoti)'' <small>Lubbock, 1883</small>
*''[Melophorus biroi](/source/Melophorus_biroi)'' <small>Forel, 1907</small>
*''[Melophorus bruneus](/source/Melophorus_bruneus)'' <small>McAreavey, 1949</small>
*''[Melophorus constans](/source/Melophorus_constans)'' <small>Santschi, 1928</small>
*''[Melophorus curtus](/source/Melophorus_curtus)'' <small>Forel, 1902</small>
*''[Melophorus fieldi](/source/Melophorus_fieldi)'' <small>Forel, 1910</small>
*''[Melophorus fulvihirtus](/source/Melophorus_fulvihirtus)'' <small>Clark, 1941</small>
*''[Melophorus hirsutus](/source/Melophorus_hirsutus)'' <small>Forel, 1902</small>
*''[Melophorus insularis](/source/Melophorus_insularis)'' <small>Wheeler, 1934</small>
*''[Melophorus iridescens](/source/Melophorus_iridescens)'' <small>(Emery, 1887)</small>
*''[Melophorus laticeps](/source/Melophorus_laticeps)'' <small>Wheeler, 1915</small>
*''[Melophorus ludius](/source/Melophorus_ludius)'' <small>Forel, 1902</small>
*''[Melophorus majeri](/source/Melophorus_majeri)'' <small>Agosti, 1998</small>
*''[Melophorus marius](/source/Melophorus_marius)'' <small>Forel, 1910</small>
*''[Melophorus mjobergi](/source/Melophorus_mjobergi)'' <small>Forel, 1915</small>
*''[Melophorus omniparens](/source/Melophorus_omniparens)'' <small>Forel, 1915</small>
*''[Melophorus pillipes](/source/Melophorus_pillipes)'' <small>Santschi, 1919</small>
*''[Melophorus potteri](/source/Melophorus_potteri)'' <small>McAreavey, 1947</small>
*''[Melophorus scipio](/source/Melophorus_scipio)'' <small>Forel, 1915</small>
*''[Melophorus turneri](/source/Melophorus_turneri)'' <small>Forel, 1910</small>
*''[Melophorus wheeleri](/source/Melophorus_wheeleri)'' <small>Forel, 1910</small>
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==See also==
*[Honeypot ant](/source/Honeypot_ant)

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="AWMelophorus">{{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Melophorus&rank=genus&project=allantwebants |title= Genus: ''Melophorus'' |website=antweb.org |publisher=[AntWeb](/source/AntWeb) |access-date=23 September 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="Schultheiss_et_al_2010">{{Cite journal | last1 = Schultheiss | first1 = P. | last2 = Schwarz | first2 = S. | last3 = Wystrach | first3 = A. | title = Nest Relocation and Colony Founding in the Australian Desert Ant, ''Melophorus bagoti'' Lubbock (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) | doi = 10.1155/2010/435838 | journal = Psyche: A Journal of Entomology | volume = 2010 | pages = 1–4 | year = 2010 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

<ref name="Schultheiss_et_al_2012">{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1071/ZO12096| title = Foraging ecology of an Australian salt-pan desert ant (genus ''Melophorus'')| journal = Australian Journal of Zoology| volume = 60| issue = 5| pages = 311| year = 2012| last1 = Schultheiss | first1 = P. | last2 = Schwarz | first2 = S. | last3 = Cheng | first3 = K. | last4 = Wehner | first4 = R. D. | s2cid = 86050964}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
*{{commonscat-inline|Melophorus|''Melophorus''}}

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Category:Formicinae
Category:Ant genera
Category:Ants of Australia

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