Procryptocerus

Procryptocerus
Procryptocerus hylaeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Cephalotini
Genus: Procryptocerus
Species

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Procryptocerus is a genus of gliding ants, with the ability to "parachute" by steering their fall if they drop off of the tree they're on.

Species

  • Procryptocerus adlerzi (Mayr, 1887)
  • Procryptocerus attenuatus (Smith, 1876)
  • Procryptocerus balzani Emery, 1894
  • Procryptocerus batesi Forel, 1899
  • Procryptocerus belti Forel, 1899
  • Procryptocerus carbonarius (Mayr, 1870)
  • Procryptocerus clathratus Emery, 1896
  • Procryptocerus convergens (Mayr, 1887)
  • Procryptocerus coriarius (Mayr, 1870)
  • Procryptocerus curvistriatus Kempf, 1949
  • Procryptocerus elegans Santschi, 1921
  • Procryptocerus ferreri Forel, 1912
  • Procryptocerus gibbosus Kempf, 1949
  • Procryptocerus goeldii Forel, 1899
  • Procryptocerus gracilis (Smith, 1858)
  • Procryptocerus hirsutus Emery, 1896
  • Procryptocerus hylaeus Kempf, 1951
  • Procryptocerus lenkoi Kempf, 1969
  • Procryptocerus lepidus Forel, 1908
  • Procryptocerus marginatus Borgmeier, 1948
  • Procryptocerus mayri Forel, 1899
  • Procryptocerus montanus Kempf, 1957
  • Procryptocerus paleatus Emery, 1896
  • Procryptocerus petiolatus (Smith, 1853)
  • Procryptocerus pictipes Emery, 1896
  • Procryptocerus regularis Emery, 1888
  • Procryptocerus rudis (Mayr, 1870)
  • Procryptocerus sampaioi Forel, 1912
  • Procryptocerus scabriusculus Forel, 1899
  • Procryptocerus schmalzi Emery, 1894
  • Procryptocerus schmitti Forel, 1901
  • Procryptocerus seabrai Kempf, 1964
  • Procryptocerus spiniperdus Forel, 1899
  • Procryptocerus spinosus (Smith, 1859)
  • Procryptocerus striatus (Smith, 1860)
  • Procryptocerus subpilosus (Smith, 1860)
  • Procryptocerus sulcatus Emery, 1894
  • Procryptocerus victoris Kempf, 1960
  • Procryptocerus virgatus Kempf, 1964