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Genus: Probolomyrmex   Mayr, 1901 


Classification:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

26 species

Probolomyrmex Mayr, 1901b PDF: 2. Type-species: Probolomyrmex filiformis, by monotypy. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Probolomyrmex in Dorylinae, Dorylini: Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 381; Ashmead, 1906 PDF: 27.
Probolomyrmex in Ponerinae, Cerapachyini: Wheeler, 1910a: 137.
Probolomyrmex in Ponerinae, Proceratiini: Emery, 1911e PDF: 52; Arnold, 1915: 33; Forel, 1917 PDF: 236; Wheeler, 1922: 645; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 686; Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 77.
Probolomyrmex in Ponerinae, Platythyreini: Brown, 1952k PDF: 1; Brown, 1975 PDF: 7; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10; Jaffe, 1993: 7; Bolton, 1994: 164.
Probolomyrmex in Probolomyrmecinae: Perrault, 2000 PDF: 271.
Probolomyrmex in Proceratiinae, Probolomyrmecini: Bolton, 2003 PDF: 49, 180.
For genus references, see tribe Probolomyrmecini

Taxon Page Images:



Probolomyrmex. Kibale Forest, Uganda.
Image © Alex Wild.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)   Genus is native to: Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, Neotropical bioregions.

Afrotropical Region: Africa, Bundibugyo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eastern, Eastern Africa, Eastern Cape, Eritrea, Estuaire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kabarole, Kakamega, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lagunes, Middle Africa, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ogooué-Maritime, Sangha-Mbaéré, South, South Africa, South-West, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Western Africa, Woleu-Ntem
Australasia Region: Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Australian Capital Territory, Morobe, New South Wales, Northern, Northern Territory, Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Queensland, Solomon Islands, Western Australia
Indomalaya Region: Asia, Borneo, Brunei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Johor, Karnataka, Laos, Malaysia, Okinawa, Philippines, Sabah, Singapore, South-Eastern Asia, Southern Asia, Sumatera Barat, Taiwan, Tamil Nadu, Thailand, Vietnam, Yunnan, Đồng Nai
Malagasy Region: Antsiranana, Madagascar, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara
Neotropical Region: Americas, Aragua, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Chiapas, Chiriquí, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Gracias a Dios, Guanacaste, Guatemala, Honduras, Limón, Madre de Dios, Magdalena, Matagalpa, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Petén, Puntarenas, San José, South America, Venezuela
Oceania Region: Melanesia
Palearctic Region: China, Eastern Asia, Japan, Yemen

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name Status Publication Pages ModsID GoogleMaps
Probolomyrmex   Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B. L., 2009, A revision of male ants of the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Key to genera of the subfamily Proceratiinae., Zootaxa 2216, pp. 1-21: 12-13, (download) 12-13 22827
Probolomyrmex   Brown, W. L., 1975, Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini., Search: Agriculture; Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station 15, pp. 1-115: 11, (download) 11 6751
Probolomyrmex   Eguchi, K., Yoshimura, M. & Yamane, S., 2006, The Oriental species of the ant genus Probolomyrmex (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Proceratiinae)., Zootaxa 1376, pp. 1-35: 2, (download) 2 21149
Probolomyrmex   Taylor, R. W., 1965, A monographic revision of the rare tropicopolitan ant genus Probolomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 117, pp. 345-365: 346-351, (download) 346-351 2805
Probolomyrmex   Agosti, D., 1995, A revision of the South American species of the ant genus Probolomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Journal of the New York Entomological Society 102, pp. 429-434: 432, (download) 432 8080
Probolomyrmex   Brown, W. L., 1975, Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini., Search: Agriculture; Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station 15, pp. 1-115: 7, (download) 7 6751
Probolomyrmex   Eguchi, K., Yoshimura, M. & Yamane, S., 2006, The Oriental species of the ant genus Probolomyrmex (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Proceratiinae)., Zootaxa 1376, pp. 1-35: 4-5, (download) 4-5 21149
Probolomyrmex   Eguchi, K., Yoshimura, M. & Yamane, S., 2006, The Oriental species of the ant genus Probolomyrmex (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Proceratiinae)., Zootaxa 1376, pp. 1-35: 33-34, (download) 33-34 21149
Probolomyrmex   Taylor, R. W., 1965, A monographic revision of the rare tropicopolitan ant genus Probolomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 117, pp. 345-365: 363-364, (download) 363-364 2805


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