Proceratium is a rare genus of ants in the subfamily Proceratiinae .[2] It is the type genus of the tribe Proceratiini , which in addition to Proceratium consists of two even rarer genera: the extant Discothyrea and the fossil genus Bradoponera .[3]
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The genus is rare, but widespread throughout the northern temperate and tropical zones.[4] In the 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]
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 , some species are specialist predators of arthropod eggs, mainly spider eggs.[3]
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 , 1971
Proceratium brasiliense Borgmeier, 1959
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 [5]
†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
P. eocenicum male
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
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