Nearctic: California > Proceratiinae

Subfamily: Proceratiinae

Author: P.S.Ward , Revised: 1/18/2004

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Proceratiinae

Identification:

Similar to Ponerinae except that the promesonotal suture is fused and the frontal lobes are elevated (rather than transverse) and frequently reduced. In addition the antennal sockets are exposed in a full-face (frontal) view of the head; and in most species abdominal tergite 4 is much enlarged and vaulted, with abdominal sternite 4 being correspondingly reduced in size.

Notes:

The proceratiines are also specialized predatory ants. The subfamily is represented in California by only one species.

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2010)

Proceratii Emery, 1895j: 765. Type-genus: Proceratium.

Taxonomic history

Proceratiinae as poneromorph subfamily of Formicidae: Bolton, 2003: 48, 178.

Proceratiinae as poneroid subfamily of Formicidae: Ouellette, Fisher, et al. 2006: 365; Brady, Schultz, et al. 2006: 18173; Moreau, Bell et al. 2006: 102; Ward, 2007a: 555.

Tribes of Proceratiinae: Probolomyrmecini, Proceratiini.

 

Subfamily references

Bolton, 2003: 48, 178 (diagnosis, synopsis); Ouellette, Fisher et al. 2006: 359 (phylogeny); Brady, Schultz, et al. 2006: 18173 (phylogeny); Moreau, Bell et al. 2006: 102 (phylogeny); Ward, 2007a: 555 (classification); Fern?ndez & Arias-Penna, 2008: 31 (Neotropical genera key); Yoshimura & Fisher, 2009: 8 (Malagasy males diagnosis, key); Terayama, 2009: 96 (Taiwan genera key).

 

References:

Bolton (1994, 2003); Brown (1958g, 1958j, 1975); Kugler (1991); Ogata (1987a).

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