Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
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Image catalogue, worker (click here).
Brazil (SP, RJ). Range Map.
Frontal carinae curve mesad posterior to torulus, leaving entire torulus exposed, torulus a conspicuous elongate cylinder; AT4 densely punctate.
Additional Description
Face sculpture of narrow striae, intervals wider than striae, smooth and shining, striae largely longitudinal, somewhat vermiculate, with partially formed lateral connections (similar to clathrate sculpture of mayri, carbonarius, etc.); face and vertex barely differentiated, face and vertex forming an even convex curve in lateral view; longitudinal facial striae extend unbroken across vertex to occipital carina; lateral carinae on vertex slant medially from occipital carina to vertex margin; eyes broadly rounded in anterior view; mesonotal teeth absent; anterolateral propodeal lobes absent; propodeal suture impressed; propodeal spines thin, needle-like; petiole subcylindrical, elongate; ; AT5 punctatorugulose; face, mesosoma, and gaster covered with abundant, short, stiff, erect setae; HW 0.98mm (n=1).
See Kempf 1964 for full description.
Nothing is known of the biology of this species. It is known from two localities between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
Types and Synonymy
Procryptocerus seabrai Kempf 1964:248. Holotype worker: Brazil, State of Sao Paulo, Boraceia Biological Station near Salesopolis, 5 Feb 1960 (Lane) [MZSP]; Paratype workers: Brazil, Guanabara State, Floresta da Tijuca, 29 Nov 1959 (Seabra) [MZSP, examined August 1998].
Material Examined
BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro: Floresta da Tijuca [22¡57'S 43¡17'W] (C. A. C. Seabra) LACM ENT 140235 [MCZC], LACM ENT 140236 [LACM]; same data, 29 Nov 1959, LACM ENT 140237 [seabrai paratypes; MZSP]; same data, 2 Mar 1962, LACM ENT 140238, LACM ENT 140239 [MZSP]; Sao Paulo: Boraceia [23¡32'S, 45¡51'W] 850m, 16-18 Nov 1970 (J. and M. Sedlacek) LACM ENT 141494 [BPBM].
Literature Cited
Kempf, W. W. 1964. Additions to the knowledge of the Cephalotini ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 16:243-255.
Page author:
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA. longinoj@evergreen.edu
Date of this version: 10 August 1998.
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