Subfamily: Proceratiinae
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Subfamily: Proceratiinae
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)
Extant: 2 tribes, 3 genera, 135 species
Fossil: 1 genus, 11 species
Taxonomic history
| Proceratiinae as poneromorph subfamily of Formicidae: Bolton, 2003 PDF: 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, 2007C PDF: 555. |
Subfamily references
Bolton, 2003 PDF: 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, 2007C PDF: 555 (classification); Fernández & Arias-Penna, 2008: 31 (Neotropical genera key); Yoshimura & Fisher, 2009: 8 (Malagasy males diagnosis, key); Terayama, 2009 PDF: 96 (Taiwan genera key); Keller, 2011 PDF: 1 (morphology, phylogeny).
Subfamily Proceratiinae references
Bolton, 2003 PDF: 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, 2007C PDF: 555 (classification); Fernández & Arias-Penna, 2008: 31 (Neotropical genera key); Yoshimura & Fisher, 2009: 8 (Malagasy males diagnosis, key); Terayama, 2009 PDF: 96 (Taiwan genera key); Keller, 2011 PDF: 1 (morphology, phylogeny).
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.References:
Bolton (1994, 2003); Brown (1958g, 1958j, 1975); Kugler (1991); Ogata (1987a).Taxon Page Author History
4 Genera Imaged | View All 4 Genera for this subfamily
†Bradoponera
Discothyrea
Probolomyrmex
Proceratium
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