Procryptocerus
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Procryptocerus is a genus of gliding ant
s, with the ability to "parachute" by steering their fall if they drop off of the tree they're on.
Gliding ant
Gliding ants are arboreal ants of several different genera that are able to control the direction of their descent when falling from a tree. Living in the rainforest canopy like many other gliders, gliding ants use their gliding to return to the trunk of the tree they live on should they fall or be...
s, 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