Procryptocerus Emery, 1887

Prado, Lívia P. & Brandão, Carlos Roberto F., 2013, A Catalogue Of Cephalotini Ant Types (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) Deposited In The Museu De Zoologia Da Universidade De São Paulo, Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 53 (20), pp. 285-293 : 289-290

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Genus Procryptocerus Emery View in CoL

Procryptocerus sulcatus subsp. curvistriatus Kempf, 1949: 425 View in CoL . Holotype: 1 w. BRASIL, Espírito Santo, Santa Teresa, [1928], O. Conde leg., [Coll. Borgmeier]. Raised to species: Kempf, 1964: 243. Name valid: Procryptocerus curvistriatus View in CoL .

Procryptocerus gibbosus Kempf, 1949: 423. Holotype: 1 w. Paratype: 1 w. BRASIL, Espírito Santo, Santa Teresa, [08.xii.1928], O. Conde leg., Coll. Borgmeier, nr. 4293 View in CoL .

Procryptocerus kempfi Longino & Snelling, 2002: 18. Paratype: 1 w. PANAMÁ: Panamá Pr [ovince], Cerro Campana, 850 m, 08°40’N, 79°56’W, 26.vi.1977, H.A. Hespenheide [col.], [barcode] LACM ENT 141597. Missing L 2 (tibia) .

Procryptocerus lenkoi Kempf, 1969: 283 View in CoL . Holotype: 1 w. Paratypes: 8 g., 3 w. BRAZIL, S[ão] P[aulo], Barueri , 17.ii.1962, K. Lenko col., [ DZSP] 4439 [ WWK] . Paratype: 1 g. BRASÍ- LIEN [ BRAZIL, Santa Catarina], Nova Teutônia, 27°11’B, 52°23’L, [no date], Fritz Plaumann [col.], 193. Missing L 2 and wings .

Procryptocerus marginatus Borgmeier, 1948: 201 View in CoL . Paratypes: 11 g., 2 m., 9 w. [ BRAZIL], Bahia, Uruçuca, 1947, P. Silva [col.], #566. One gyne missing wings and L3; other missing W1. Comment: one worker bears a label saying lectotype , but according the original publication, all these specimens are paratypes.

Procryptocerus montanus Kempf, 1957: 400. Holotype: 1 w. Paratypes: 3 g., 1 m., 132 w. [ BRAZIL], S[ão] P[aulo], Campos do Jordão, [bairro Jardim Britânia, Abernéssia, Parque do Convento Franciscano], x.1949, 12.x.1956, 16.x.1956, 14.xi.1956, Kempf n. 1610, 1614, 1645. Paratypes: One gyne missing wings; one worker disarticulated gaster, missing L6; other missing L3; other missing L2 (femur), other missing L6 (tibia); other missing L1 (tarsus); other missing L6 (tarsus). Paratype: 1 w. [Brazil], S[ão] Paulo, [x].1950 [in original publication says 1949], I. Krebsbach [leg.] View in CoL .

Procryptocerus nalini Longino & Snelling, 2002: 22. Paratype: 1 w. COSTA RICA, [Province] Heredia, Est [ación] Biol [ógica] La Selva, 50150 m, 10°26’N, 84°01’W [in original publication says 84°00’W], apr[il] [iv].1993, INBioOET, J. Longino #34755, [barcode] INBIO CRI001238545 .

Procryptocerus seabrai Kempf, 1964: 248. Holotype: 1 w. [ BRAZIL], S[ão] P[aulo], Boracéia, [Biological Station near Salesópolis], 05.ii.1960, F. Lane [col.], 3477. Paratype: 3 w. [Brazil, Rio de Janeiro], G[uana]b[ara], Floresta Tijuca, 29.xi.1959, C.A.C. Seabra [leg.] View in CoL .

Procryptocerus tortuguero Longino & Snelling, 2002: 28. Paratype: 2 w. C[ OSTA] R [ICA], Province Limon, Tortuguero , <5m, 10°32’N, 83°31’W, wet forest, in dead branch, 0105. jul[y].1985, J. Longino, #382, [barcode] LACM ENT 141744 About LACM GoogleMaps .

Procryptocerus victoris Kempf, 1960: 437. Holotype: 1 w. Paratypes: 13 w. [ BRAZIL], S[ão] P[aulo, Santos highway], Alto da Serra, 15.viii.1958, Kempf & Santos [cols], 2599. Paratype: One worker missing head and L4; other missing L3 View in CoL .

Procryptocerus virgatus Kempf, 1964: 250 View in CoL . Holotype: 1 w. REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR, R. Pastozo, 1700 m, 08.iv.1958, Dr. W. Weyrauch col. Comments: We found three pins labeled as paratypes, cotypes and lectotypes ( Procryptocerus subpilosus st. lepidus Forel, 1908: 355 View in CoL . Paratypes: 3 w. [ BRAZIL, Santa Catarina], Nr. 2096. Cotype: 1 w. [ BRAZIL, Santa Catarina], 2096, det. Kempf. Lectotypes: 2 w. [ BRAZIL, Santa Catarina], 2690, Forel det. Raised to species ( Procryptocerus lepidus View in CoL ) Kempf, 1964). But the locality recorded on the labels is different from that of the original publication. We do not consider these specimens as types.

References

BORGMEIER, T. 1948. Die Geschlechtstiere zweier Eciton - Arten und einige andere Ameisen aus Mittel- und Suedamerika (Hym. Formicidae). Revista de Entomologia, Rio de Janeiro, 19: 191 - 206.

FOREL, A. 1908. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Zoologisch- Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 58: 340 - 418.

KEMPF, W. W. 1949. A new species and subspecies of Procryptocerus from Espirito Santo, Brazil (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revista de Entomologia, Rio de Janeiro, 20: 423 - 426.

KEMPF, W. W. 1957. Sobre algumas especies de Procryptocerus com a descricao duma especie nova (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 17: 395 - 404.

KEMPF, W. W. 1960. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n. s.), 3: 417 - 466.

KEMPF, W. W. 1964. Additions to the knowledge of the Cephalotini ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, 16: 243 - 255.

KEMPF, W. W. 1969. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants. V. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica, 12: 273 - 296.

LONGINO, J. T. & SNELLING, R. R. 2002. A taxonomic revision of the Procryptocerus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Central America. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 495: 1 - 30.

Abbreviations

LACM	Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
R	Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Formicidae