Procryptocerus Emery, 1887

Prado, Lívia P. & Brandão, Carlos Roberto F., 2013, A Catalogue Of Cephalotini Ant Types (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) Deposited In The Museu De Zoologia Da Universidade De São Paulo, Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 53 (20), pp. 285-293 : 289-290

Genus Procryptocerus Emery

Procryptocerus sulcatus subsp. curvistriatus Kempf, 1949: 425 . Holotype: 1 w. BRASIL, Espírito Santo, Santa Teresa, [1928], O. Conde leg., [Coll. Borgmeier]. Raised to species: Kempf, 1964: 243. Name valid: Procryptocerus curvistriatus .

Procryptocerus gibbosus Kempf, 1949: 423. Holotype: 1 w. Paratype: 1 w. BRASIL, Espírito Santo, Santa Teresa, [08.xii.1928], O. Conde leg., Coll. Borgmeier, nr. 4293 .

Procryptocerus kempfi Longino & Snelling, 2002: 18. Paratype: 1 w. PANAMÁ: Panamá Pr [ovince], Cerro Campana, 850 m, 08°40’N, 79°56’W, 26.vi.1977, H.A. Hespenheide [col.], [barcode] LACM ENT 141597. Missing L 2 (tibia) .

Procryptocerus lenkoi Kempf, 1969: 283 . Holotype: 1 w. Paratypes: 8 g., 3 w. BRAZIL, S[ão] P[aulo], Barueri , 17.ii.1962, K. Lenko col., [ DZSP] 4439 [ WWK] . Paratype: 1 g. BRASÍ- LIEN [ BRAZIL, Santa Catarina], Nova Teutônia, 27°11’B, 52°23’L, [no date], Fritz Plaumann [col.], 193. Missing L 2 and wings .

Procryptocerus marginatus Borgmeier, 1948: 201 . Paratypes: 11 g., 2 m., 9 w. [ BRAZIL], Bahia, Uruçuca, 1947, P. Silva [col.], #566. One gyne missing wings and L3; other missing W1. Comment: one worker bears a label saying lectotype , but according the original publication, all these specimens are paratypes.

Procryptocerus montanus Kempf, 1957: 400. Holotype: 1 w. Paratypes: 3 g., 1 m., 132 w. [ BRAZIL], S[ão] P[aulo], Campos do Jordão, [bairro Jardim Britânia, Abernéssia, Parque do Convento Franciscano], x.1949, 12.x.1956, 16.x.1956, 14.xi.1956, Kempf n. 1610, 1614, 1645. Paratypes: One gyne missing wings; one worker disarticulated gaster, missing L6; other missing L3; other missing L2 (femur), other missing L6 (tibia); other missing L1 (tarsus); other missing L6 (tarsus). Paratype: 1 w. [Brazil], S[ão] Paulo, [x].1950 [in original publication says 1949], I. Krebsbach [leg.] .

Procryptocerus nalini Longino & Snelling, 2002: 22. Paratype: 1 w. COSTA RICA, [Province] Heredia, Est [ación] Biol [ógica] La Selva, 50150 m, 10°26’N, 84°01’W [in original publication says 84°00’W], apr[il] [iv].1993, INBioOET, J. Longino #34755, [barcode] INBIO CRI001238545 .

Procryptocerus seabrai Kempf, 1964: 248. Holotype: 1 w. [ BRAZIL], S[ão] P[aulo], Boracéia, [Biological Station near Salesópolis], 05.ii.1960, F. Lane [col.], 3477. Paratype: 3 w. [Brazil, Rio de Janeiro], G[uana]b[ara], Floresta Tijuca, 29.xi.1959, C.A.C. Seabra [leg.] .

Procryptocerus tortuguero Longino & Snelling, 2002: 28. Paratype: 2 w. C[ OSTA] R [ICA], Province Limon, Tortuguero , <5m, 10°32’N, 83°31’W, wet forest, in dead branch, 0105. jul[y].1985, J. Longino, #382, [barcode] LACM ENT 141744 .

Procryptocerus victoris Kempf, 1960: 437. Holotype: 1 w. Paratypes: 13 w. [ BRAZIL], S[ão] P[aulo, Santos highway], Alto da Serra, 15.viii.1958, Kempf & Santos [cols], 2599. Paratype: One worker missing head and L4; other missing L3 .

Procryptocerus virgatus Kempf, 1964: 250 . Holotype: 1 w. REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR, R. Pastozo, 1700 m, 08.iv.1958, Dr. W. Weyrauch col. Comments: We found three pins labeled as paratypes, cotypes and lectotypes ( Procryptocerus subpilosus st. lepidus Forel, 1908: 355 . Paratypes: 3 w. [ BRAZIL, Santa Catarina], Nr. 2096. Cotype: 1 w. [ BRAZIL, Santa Catarina], 2096, det. Kempf. Lectotypes: 2 w. [ BRAZIL, Santa Catarina], 2690, Forel det. Raised to species ( Procryptocerus lepidus ) Kempf, 1964). But the locality recorded on the labels is different from that of the original publication. We do not consider these specimens as types.