Grupo Sistemática de Insectos Agronomía (SIA), Línea Taxonomía de insectos, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Agronomía, Museo Entomológico Universidad Nacional Agronomía Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia.
J Insect Sci. 2010;10:111. doi: 10.1673/031.010.11101.
Morphology is the most direct approach biologists have to recognize uniqueness of insect species as compared to close relatives. Ants of the genus Procryptocerus possess important morphologic characters yet have not been explored for use in a taxonomic revision. The genus is characterized by the protrusion of the clypeus forming a broad nasus and antennal scrobes over the eyes. The toruli are located right posterior to the flanks of the nasus opposite to each other. The vertex is deflexed posteriorly in most species. An in-group comparison of the external morphology is presented focusing on the workers. A general morphology for gynes and males is also presented. Previously mentioned characters as well as new ones are presented, and their character states in different species are clarified. For the metasoma a new system of ant metasomal somite nomenclature is presented that is applicable to Aculeata in general. Finally, a Glossary of morphological terms is offered for the genus (available online). Most of the terminology can be used in other members of the Formicidae and Aculeata.
形态学是生物学家识别昆虫物种独特性的最直接方法，与近亲相比。Procryptocerus 属的蚂蚁具有重要的形态特征，但尚未被探索用于分类修订。该属的特征是额部突出形成宽阔的鼻状突起，触角窝在眼睛上方。柄节位于鼻状突起的右后方，彼此相对。大多数物种的头顶向后弯曲。本文对外形进行了分组比较，重点是工蚁。同时还介绍了雌性蚁和雄性蚁的一般形态。本文提出了之前提到的特征以及新的特征，并阐明了它们在不同物种中的特征状态。对于后腹部，本文提出了一个适用于一般螫针类的新的蚂蚁后腹部体节命名系统。最后，还提供了一个属的形态学术语词汇表（在线提供）。这些术语中的大多数都可以用于其他膜翅目和螫针类成员。
