Genus of ants
Proceratium genus of ants in the subfamily Proceratiinae .[ 2] type genus of the tribe Proceratiini , which in addition to Proceratium consists of two even rarer genera: the extant Discothyrea Bradoponera [ 3]
Distribution
The genus is rare, but widespread throughout the northern temperate and tropical zones.[ 4] Old World , it is distributed from Spain to Japan , in sub-Saharan Africa , Mauritius , the Malay Archipelago , New Guinea , Queensland (Australia ) and Fiji . In the New World , it is known from Canada to Brazil (and some Caribbean islands).[ 3]
Biology
P. eocenicum Colonies are relatively small, usually containing less than 200 individuals. They nest in soil, in rotten wood, under stones, or on tree branches. Similar to its sister genus Discothyrea arthropod eggs, mainly spider eggs.[ 3]
Species
Proceratium algiricum Forel, 1899 Proceratium angulinode Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium arnoldi Forel, 1913 Proceratium australe Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium austronesicum Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium avium Brown, 1974 Proceratium banjaranense Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium boltoni Leston , 1971Proceratium brasiliense Borgmeier, 1959 Proceratium bruelheidei Staab, Garcia, Liu, Xu, & Economo, 2018 [ 5] Proceratium burundense Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium caledonicum Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium californicum Cook, 1953 Proceratium catio Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium cavinodus Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium chickasaw Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium colombicum Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium compitale Ward, 1988 Proceratium confinium Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium convexiceps Borgmeier, 1957 Proceratium crassicorne Emery, 1895 Proceratium creek Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium croceum (Roger, 1860) Proceratium cubanum Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium dayak Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium deelemani Perrault, 1981 †Proceratium denticulatum Lattke, 1991
Proceratium diplopyx Brown, 1980 †Proceratium dominicanum Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003
Proceratium dusun Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium ecuadoriense Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 †Proceratium eocenicum Dlussky, 2009
Proceratium foveolatum Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium galilaeum Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 †Proceratium gibberum Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003
Proceratium gigas Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium goliath Kempf & Brown, 1968 Proceratium google Fisher, 2005 Proceratium gracile Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium hirsutum Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium itoi (Forel, 1918) Proceratium ivimka Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium japonicum Santschi, 1937 Proceratium lattkei Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium lombokense Emery, 1897 Proceratium longigaster Karavaiev, 1935 Proceratium longiscapus Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium longmenense Xu, 2006 Proceratium lunatum Terron, 1981 Proceratium malesianum Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium mancum Mann, 1922 Proceratium melinum (Roger, 1860) Proceratium melitense Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium mexicanum Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium micrommatum (Roger, 1863) Proceratium microsculptum Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium morisitai Onoyama & Yoshimura, 2002 Proceratium nujiangense Xu, 2006 Proceratium numidicum Santschi, 1912 Proceratium oceanicum Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium panamense Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium papuanum Emery, 1897 Proceratium pergandei (Emery, 1895) †Proceratium petrosum Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015 [ 6]
†Proceratium poinari Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003
Proceratium politum Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium pumilio Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium relictum Mann, 1921 Proceratium robustum Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium siamense Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium silaceum Roger, 1863 Proceratium snellingi Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium stictum Brown, 1958 Proceratium striativenter Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium sulawense Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium taino Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium terraealtae Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium terroni Bolton, 1995 Proceratium tio Snelling & Cover, 1992 Proceratium toschii (Consani, 1951) Proceratium transitionis Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium vinaka Hita Garcia, Sarnat, & Economo, 2015 Proceratium watasei (Wheeler, 1906) Proceratium williamsi Mathew & Tiwari, 2000 Proceratium zhaoi Xu, 2000
References
^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Proceratium" . AntCat . Retrieved 3 July 2014 .^ "Genus: Proceratium" . antweb.org . AntWeb . Retrieved 21 September 2013 .^ a b c Baroni Urbani, C.; De Andrade, M. L. (2003). "The ant genus Proceratium in the extant and fossil record (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Monografie (Turin) . 36 : 1– 492. ^ Terayama, Mamoru (1985), "Description of a New Species of the Genus Proceratium Roger from Taiwan (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).", Asian Myrmecology , 53 (3): 406– 408 ^ https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/24908/element/7/0/Proceratium_bruelheidei#Worker_description ^ Dlussky, G.M.; Rasnitsyn, A.P.; Perfilieva, K.S. (2015). "The Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bol'shaya Svetlovodnaya (Late Eocene of Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East)" (PDF) . Caucasian Entomological Bulletin . 11 (1): 131– 152. doi :10.23885/1814-3326-2015-11-1-131-152
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