Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
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Image catalogue, holotype worker (click here).
Range
Ecuador.
Description
See discussion of rudis group.
Basal portion of dorsal surface of mandibles microreticulate, distal portion, near masticatory margin, with scattered piligerous puncta, otherwise smooth and shining, not rugose; face longitudinally striate, striae thin, subequal in width to intervals, intervals smooth and shiny; vertex margin distinct laterally, effaced medially; face and vertex meeting at obtuse angle; vertex with median cluster of longitudinal striae, smooth and shining laterally; eyes broadly rounded in anterior view; frontal carina curves mesad at torulus, joining lateralmost longitudinal carina on clypeus; juncture of carinae evident, with clypeal carina posterior to juncture subequal in size to frontal carina; lateral clypeus forming a trough anterior to torulus, such that torulus appears somewhat recessed or pushed in; mesonotal teeth in the form of low, broad, obtusely subangular lobes; anterolateral propodeal lobes present; propodeal suture impressed; AT4 largely smooth and shining, with barest traces of longitudinal rugulae near petiolar insertion, more pronounced longitudinal rugulae at posterior margin, converging to a point immediately anterior to posterior margin; AT5 transversely rugulose; face, mesosoma, and gaster covered with abundant, short, stiff, suberect setae.
Holotype measurements: HW 1.33, HL 1.40, SL 0.92, EL 0.34, MeL 1.73, MeW 0.97, PrW 0.61, PrL 0.46, PrS 0.28, PrT 0.74, MTL 1.10, MFL 1.22, MFW 0.33, PtL 0.46, PtW 0.44, PpW 0.54, PtH 0.40, AL 1.61, AW 1.43.
See detailed description in Kempf 1964.
Types and Synonymy
Procryptocerus virgatus Kempf 1964:250. Holotype worker: Ecuador, R. Pastazo, 1700m, 8 Apr 1958 (Weyrauch) [MZSP, examined August 1998].
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: 2 September 1997.
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