Euprenolepis procera

Euprenolepis procera
Workers of Euprenolepis procera feeding on a Pleurotus mushroom
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Euprenolepis
Species:
E. procera
Binomial name
Euprenolepis procera
(Emery, 1900)
Synonyms[1]
  • Prenolepis (Euprenolepis) procera Emery, 1900
  • Paratrechina (Euprenolepis) procera (Emery, 1900)
  • Camponotus (Myrmosphincta) antespectans Forel, 1913
  • Prenolepis (Euprenolepis) antespectans (Forel, 1913)
  • Paratrechina (Euprenolepis) antespectans (Forel, 1913)
  • Euprenolepis antespectans (Forel, 1913)

Euprenolepis procera is a species of ant found in the rainforests of South East Asia.[2] It was first described by Carlo Emery, an Italian entomologist, in 1900.[3] In 2008, Witte & Maschwitz discovered that E. procera specialises in harvesting mushrooms in the rainforest for food, representing a new, previously unreported feeding strategy in ants.[2]

  1. ^ John S. LaPolla (2009). "Taxonomic Revision of the Southeast Asian Ant Genus Euprenolepis" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2046: 1–25. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2046.1.1. S2CID 17593476.
  2. ^ a b Witte, V.; Maschwitz, U. (2008). "Mushroom harvesting ants in the tropical rain forest" (PDF). Naturwissenschaften. 95 (11): 1049–1054. Bibcode:2008NW.....95.1049W. doi:10.1007/s00114-008-0421-9. PMID 18633583. S2CID 19228479.
  3. ^ "Euprenolepis procera (Emery, 1900)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 8, 2010.