Pinto, T., Ascensão, F. & Boieiro, M. (2023) Proceratium melinum (Roger, 1860): the first record of Proceratiinae ants from Portugal (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 73,147-148.
The ant Proceratium melinum (Roger, 1860) is reported for the first time from Portugal. This is also the first record of
Proceratiinae in this country, from which a total of 133 ant species are now known. The species was collected in a cork oak stand (montado) using pitfall traps.
