Proceratium
| Proceratium | |
|---|---|
| Proceratium google worker, holotype specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Proceratiinae |
| Tribe: | Proceratiini |
| Genus: | Proceratium Roger, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Proceratium silaceum Roger, 1863 | |
| Diversity | |
| 82 species | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Sysphingta Roger, 1863 | |
Proceratium is a rare genus of ants in the subfamily Proceratiinae. It is the type genus of the tribe Proceratiini, which in addition to Proceratium consists of two even rarer genera: the extant Discothyrea and the fossil genus Bradoponera.