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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.475.8761" ID-GBIF-Dataset="69ce6a7f-9523-4903-8bab-f7b04124bc25" ID-PMC="PMC4311701" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-475-97" ID-PubMed="25684999" ID-ZBK="93E6292D8D0B4B6BA78933525BFC539C" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2015" ModsDocID="1313-2970-475-97" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 475" ModsDocTitle="Revision of the ant genus Proceratium Roger (Hymenoptera, Proceratiinae) in Fiji" checkinTime="1451244766466" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Garcia, Francisco Hita, Sarnat, Eli M. & Economo, Evan P." docDate="2015" docId="761AAB5C9E71B51BCD0AA9B67A22264B" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 475: 97-112" docOrigin="ZooKeys 475" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.475.8761" docTitle="Proceratium oceanicum De Andrade 2003" docType="treatment" docVersion="3" lastPageNumber="102" masterDocId="FFB5285AFF9EA97A2B09BD466363FFBE" masterDocTitle="Revision of the ant genus Proceratium Roger (Hymenoptera, Proceratiinae) in Fiji" masterLastPageNumber="112" masterPageNumber="97" pageNumber="102" updateTime="1668159849022" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Revision of the ant genus Proceratium Roger (Hymenoptera, Proceratiinae) in Fiji</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Garcia, Francisco Hita</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Sarnat, Eli M.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Economo, Evan P.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:title>ZooKeys</mods:title>
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<mods:date>2015</mods:date>
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<mods:number>475</mods:number>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.475.8761</mods:url>
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<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.475.8761</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-475-97</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152057903" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:761AAB5C9E71B51BCD0AA9B67A22264B" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/761AAB5C9E71B51BCD0AA9B67A22264B" lastPageNumber="102" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="102">Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="102" type="nomenclature">
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="102">
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<taxonomicName authority="De Andrade, 2003" authorityName="De Andrade" authorityYear="2003" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Proceratium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Proceratium oceanicum" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oceanicum">Proceratium oceanicum De Andrade, 2003</taxonomicName>
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Figs 1B, E, 2A, 3, 6
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<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="102" type="reference_group">
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="102">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Proceratium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Proceratium oceanicum" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oceanicum">Proceratium oceanicum</taxonomicName>
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De Andrade, 2003: 310. [see also:
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<bibRefCitation author="Sarnat, EM" journalOrPublisher="University of California Publications in Entomology" pageId="11" pageNumber="108" pagination="1 - 398" title="The ants of Fiji." volume="132" year="2012">Sarnat and Economo 2012</bibRefCitation>
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: 166]
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<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="102" type="type material">
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="102">Type material.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="102">Holotype, pinned worker, FIJI, Viti Levu, Nadarivatu, -17.5667°, 177.967°, rainforest, on soil, under grass, 16.II.1962, (R.W. Taylor) (ANIC: ANIC32-017668) [not examined].</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="102" type="non-type material examined">
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="102">Non-type material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="102">FIJI: Taveuni, Mt. Devo, 3.9 km SE Tavuki Village, -16.83278°, -179.97343°, 775 m, ex soil, leaf litter, decaying wood, 16.VI.2005 (E.M. Sarnat); Viti Levu, Koroyanitu Eco Park 5.0 km NE Abaca Village, -17.66667°, 177.5525°, 700 m, disturbed forest, sifted litter, 19.IV.-14.V.2003 (M. Tokotaa); Viti Levu, Naqaranibuluti Nature Reserve, near summit, 0.75 km SE Nadarivatu, -17.57278°, 177.9725°, 1000 m, primary rainforest, 26.VIII.2006 (E.M. Sarnat); Viti Levu, Nausori Highlands, 12.I.1972 (W.L. Brown).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="102" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="102">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="102">
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The following character combination distinguishes
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Proceratium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Proceratium oceanicum" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oceanicum">Proceratium oceanicum</taxonomicName>
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from the remainder of the
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Proceratium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Proceratium silaceum" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="silaceum">Proceratium silaceum</taxonomicName>
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clade: relatively larger species (HW 0.76-0.78; WL 0.99-1.00); in full-face view head weakly longer than wide (CI 93); lateral expansions of frontal carinae weakly triangular and moderately rounded; petiolar node extremely squamiform (DPeI 680-693) and strongly narrowing from base to apex; subpetiolar process thinly dentiform.
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<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="102" type="worker measurements">
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="102">Worker measurements</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="102">(N=2). TL 3.38-3.41; EL 0.03; SL 0.55-0.58; HL 0.81-0.83; HLM 1.00-1.02; HW 0.76-0.78; WL 0.99-1.00; HFeL 0.63; HTiL 0.48-0.50; HBaL 0.38-0.40; PeL 0.63; PeW 0.43; DPeI 680-693; LT3 0.54-0.56; LS4 0.35-0.40; LT4 0.71-0.78; OI 4; CI 93; SI 68-70; IGR 0.49-0.52; ASI 133-139.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="102" type="distribution and biology">
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="102">Distribution and biology.</paragraph>
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Workers of
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, even though rarely encountered, were sampled from Viti Levu and Taveuni, but tentatively associated males also suggest its presence on Vanua Levu. All collections are from primary or disturbed rainforest. Unfortunately, there is no available data on the biology of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Proceratium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Proceratium oceanicum" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oceanicum">Proceratium oceanicum</taxonomicName>
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<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="102" type="taxonomic notes">
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="102">Taxonomic notes.</paragraph>
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As already outlined above,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Proceratium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Proceratium oceanicum" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oceanicum">Proceratium oceanicum</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Proceratium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Proceratium relictum" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="relictum">Proceratium relictum</taxonomicName>
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are highly distinctive species that can be easily distinguished from all other congeners by the extremely squamiform petiolar node. This character, among others, also separates both clearly from the new species
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Proceratium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Proceratium vinaka" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vinaka">Proceratium vinaka</taxonomicName>
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. Despite its sympatric occurrence,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Proceratium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Proceratium oceanicum" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oceanicum">Proceratium oceanicum</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Proceratium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Proceratium relictum" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="relictum">Proceratium relictum</taxonomicName>
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are not likely to be confused. The latter is significantly larger in size (HW> 1.00; WL> 1.30), has a noticeably broader head (CI 101), and the subpetiolar process is thickly spiniform, whereas
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Proceratium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Proceratium oceanicum" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oceanicum">Proceratium oceanicum</taxonomicName>
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is conspicuously smaller (HW <0.80; WL <1.10), possesses a narrower head (CI 93), and its subpetiolar process thinly dentiform. Additionally, in profile the propodeum of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Proceratium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Proceratium oceanicum" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oceanicum">Proceratium oceanicum</taxonomicName>
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is rounded while it is weakly, but clearly marginate in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Proceratium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Proceratium relictum" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="relictum">Proceratium relictum</taxonomicName>
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