Proceratium google

SPECIES

1. KingdomAnimalia
2. PhylumArthropoda
3. ClassInsecta
4. OrderHymenoptera
5. FamilyFormicidae

Observations recorded37

Figs. 14 - 17. Type Material. - Holotype: Worker. Madagascar: Antsiranana, 11.0 km WSW Befingotra, Reserve Speciale Anjanaharibe-Sud, 14 ° 45 & # 8242; S, 049 ° 27 & # 8242; E, 1565 m, 16 Nov 1994 (coll. B. L. Fisher) sifted litter, montane rainforest, Collection code: BLF 1232 (6) - CASENT 0100367, (CASC) Paratypes: 2 workers with same data as holotype but with specimen codes CASENT 010068 (BMNH), CASENT 0100369 (MCZC); 1 worker 9.2 km WSW Befingotra, Reserve Speciale Anjanaharibe-Sud, 14 ° 45 & # 8242; S, 049 ° 28 & # 8242; E, 1280 m, 5 Nov 1994 (coll. B. L. Fisher), CASENT 0100370; (CASC); and 1 worker same as latter but collected at 1200 m on 9 Nov 1994, CASENT 0100371 (CASC). Diagnosis. - The following character combination differentiates P. google from all its con- geners: abdominal segment IV tergite evenly rounded posteriorly, without concave impression near apex and not hypertrophied; truncate median clypeal lobe; low nodiform petiole without peduncle but with blunt anteroventral tooth; fore tibia with a basal spine, frontal carinae separate and diverg- ing posteriorly; posterior dorsum of mesosoma and propodeal spines granulate-foveolate. P. google is easi

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Specimen records

35

With media

12

Family

Formicidae

Collections

CAS

Recorded in

Madagascar