A revision of male ants of the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Key to genera of the subfamily Proceratiinae.

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Yoshimura, M., Fisher, B. L. (2009): A revision of male ants of the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Key to genera of the subfamily Proceratiinae. Zootaxa 2216: 1-21, URL: http://hol.osu.edu/reference-full.html?id=22827AbstractMale-based keys to the ant genera of Proceratiinae in the Malagasy region (Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Comoros, and Seychelles) are presented. All three extant genera known from the Malagasy region, Discothyrea, Probolomyrmex, and Proceratium, and an undescribed taxon, PRm01 from Seychelles, are included. Diagnoses and remarks on the subfamily Proceratiinae and its four genera, and a character table for these genera, are given. The males of all genera are illustrated.Key words: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Comoros, Seychelles, wing, palp, labrum, diagnosis, key, Discothyrea, Probolomyrmex, Proceratium