Systematics of the ant genus Proceratium Roger (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Proceratiinae) in China - with descriptions of three new species based on micro-CT enhanced next-generation-morphology
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Staab, Michael
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Garcia, Francisco Hita
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Liu, Cong
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Xu, Zheng-Hui
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Economo, Evan P.
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ZooKeys
2018
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137
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.770.24908
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.770.24908
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Proceratium stictum clade
Definition.
Worker of this clade can be separated from all other
Proceratium
by the combination of calcar of strigil with a basal spine and clypeus distinctly and broadly notched (definition follows
Baroni Urbani and de Andrade 2003
).
Comments.
This is an exclusively tropical clade with species occurring in Africa, Australia, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, Mesoamerica, and tropical southeast Asia. Eleven extant species are known, of which
P. deelemani
Perrault, 1981,
P. foveolatum
Baroni Urbani & de Andrade, 2003,
P. stictum
Brown, 1958, and the newly described
P. shohei
are known from the oriental zoogeographic region.
Proceratium shohei
is the only species known from China.