Proceratium deelemani Perrault, 1981

Liu, Cong, Guenard, Benoit, Garcia, Francisco Hita, Yamane, Seiki, Blanchard, Benjamin, Yang, Da-Rong & Economo, Evan, 2015, New records of ant species from Yunnan, China, ZooKeys 477, pp. 17-78 : 47-48

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae

Proceratium deelemani Perrault, 1981 Figure 27

Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: Kilometer 55 station (21.964°N, 101.202°E), Rain forest, 13.vi.2013, 1 worker, 820m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu.

Distribution.

Known from Yunnan (new record), Singapore, Thailand and Borneo (Figure 27C). This new record represents the northern-most record in the distribution of Proceratium deelemani .

Taxonomic note.

The identification of Proceratium deelemani is relatively straightforward with the key provided by Baroni Urbani and De Andrade (2003).

Natural history.

Proceratium deelemani has been collected from leaf litter in rain forest, and little is known about its bionomics.