Taxonomy of the ant genus Proceratium Roger (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Afrotropical region with a revision of the P. arnoldi clade and description of four new species

dc.contributor.authorGarcia, Francisco Hita
dc.contributor.authorHawkes, Peter G.
dc.contributor.authorAlpert, Gary D.
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-12T10:03:07Z
dc.date.available2014-12-12T10:03:07Z
dc.date.issued2014-10-16
dc.description.abstractThe taxonomy of the genus Proceratium Roger is updated for the Afrotropical region. We give an overview of the genus in the region, provide an illustrated identification key to the three clades (P. arnoldi, P. stictum and P. toschii clades) and revise the P. arnoldi clade. Four new species from the P. arnoldi clade are described as new: P. sokoke sp. n. from Kenya, P. carri sp. n. from Mozambique, and P. nilo sp. n. and P. sali sp. n. from Tanzania. In order to integrate the new species into the existing taxonomic system we present an illustrated identification key to distinguish the seven Afrotropical species of the P. arnoldi clade. In addition, we provide accounts for all members of the P. arnoldi clade including detailed descriptions, diagnoses, taxonomic discussions, distribution data and high quality montage images.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2014en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipGDA was financially supported by the E.O. Wilson Foundation and Carr Foundation. FHG wants to thank Marcell Peters (University of Würzburg, Germany), the BIOTA East Africa project funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). FHG was granted two Ernst Mayr Travel Grants in Animal Systematics from the MCZ to visit the collections at BMNH and MCZ. The surveys during which the P. nilo and P. sali specimens were collected formed part of a project run by PGH investigating ground-living ant and beetle diversity in Tanzania, funded by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF).en_ZA
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dc.identifier.citationHita Garcia F, Hawkes PG, Alpert GD (2014) Taxonomy of the ant genus Proceratium Roger (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Afrotropical region with a revision of the P. arnoldi clade and description of four new species. ZooKeys 447: 47–86. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.447.7766.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1313-2989 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1313-2970 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.3897/zookeys.447.7766
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/42956
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherPensoften_ZA
dc.rightsCopyright Francisco Hita Garcia et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectArabuko Sokoke Foresten_ZA
dc.subjectGorongosa National Parken_ZA
dc.subjectKenyaen_ZA
dc.subjectMozambiqueen_ZA
dc.subjectNilo Foresten_ZA
dc.subjectProceratium arnoldi cladeen_ZA
dc.subjectProceratium stictum cladeen_ZA
dc.subjectProceratium toschii cladeen_ZA
dc.subjectSali Foresten_ZA
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_ZA
dc.subjectTaxonomyen_ZA
dc.titleTaxonomy of the ant genus Proceratium Roger (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Afrotropical region with a revision of the P. arnoldi clade and description of four new speciesen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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