Probolomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Proceratiinae.[2] The genus is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics.[3] The ants are very rare, and are rarely collected in the field, but they appear to be nesting in the leaf litter or in rotten wood. Little is known about their biology.[4]
| Probolomyrmex | |
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| Probolomyrmex filiformis worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Proceratiinae |
| Tribe: | Probolomyrmecini Perrault, 2000 |
| Genus: | Probolomyrmex Mayr, 1901 |
| Type species | |
| Probolomyrmex filiformis Mayr, 1901
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| Diversity[1] | |
| 26 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Escherichia Forel, 1910 | |
Species
edit- Probolomyrmex aliundus Shattuck, Gunawardene & Heterick, 2012
- Probolomyrmex bidens Brown, 1975
- Probolomyrmex boliviensis Mann, 1923
- Probolomyrmex brevirostris (Forel, 1910)
- Probolomyrmex brujitae Agosti, 1995
- Probolomyrmex curculiformis Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014
- Probolomyrmex dammermani Wheeler, 1928
- Probolomyrmex filiformis Mayr, 1901
- Probolomyrmex greavesi Taylor, 1965
- Probolomyrmex guanacastensis O'Keefe & Agosti, 1998
- Probolomyrmex guineensis Taylor, 1965
- Probolomyrmex itoi Eguchi, Yoshimura & Yamane, 2006[3]
- Probolomyrmex latalongus Shattuck, Gunawardene & Heterick, 2012
- Probolomyrmex longinodus Terayama & Ogata, 1988
- Probolomyrmex longiscapus Xu & Zeng, 2000
- Probolomyrmex maryatiae Eguchi, Yoshimura & Yamane, 2006[3]
- Probolomyrmex newguinensis Shattuck, Gunawardene & Heterick, 2012
- Probolomyrmex okinawensis Terayama & Ogata, 1988
- Probolomyrmex petiolatus Weber, 1940
- Probolomyrmex procne Brown, 1975
- Probolomyrmex salomonis Taylor, 1965
- Probolomyrmex simplex Shattuck, Gunawardene & Heterick, 2012
- Probolomyrmex tani Fisher, 2007
- Probolomyrmex vieti Eguchi, Yoshimura & Yamane, 2006[3]
- Probolomyrmex watanabei Tanaka, 1974
- Probolomyrmex zahamena Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014
References
edit- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Probolomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Probolomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ a b c d Eguchi, Katsuyuki; Yoshimura, Masashi; Yamane, Seiki (2006), "The Oriental species of the ant genus Probolomyrmex (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Proceratiinae).", Zootaxa, 1376: 1–35, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1376.1.1
- ^ Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. (2013). "The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography". Journal of East African Natural History. 101 (2): 127. doi:10.2982/028.101.0201. S2CID 84797311.
External links
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