Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
Image catalogue, worker, sem (click here).
Range
Venezuela, Brazil (Bahia, Pernambuco).
Comments
This species is very similar to P. coriarius, which which it is parapatric. See discussion under P. coriarius.
Types and Synonymy
Procryptocerus schmitti Forel, 1901:338-9. Holotype worker: Brazil, State of Cear‡, BaturitŽ [4¡22'S, 38¡52'W] (Schmitt) [MHNG]. Kempf, 1951:39-42, fig. 76, 85, 90, 91 (description of nontype worker, queen, male).
Page author:
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA. longinoj@evergreen.edu
Date of this version: 6 December 2002.
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