Proceratium melinum (Roger 1860)

Steppe, rock steppe and urban. Subterranean, nests under rocks, occasionally forages in leaf litter or on the surface.

1 locality in Coastal SLO

Ponera melina Roger, 1860 PDF: 291 (w.q.m.) EUROPE (not U.S.A.; see Baroni Urbani, 1977d: 91). Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Combination in Proceratium: Mayr, 1886d PDF: 438.Combination in Sysphingta: Emery, 1895d PDF: 263.Combination in Proceratium: Brown, 1958g PDF: 248.Senior synonym of Proceratium europaea: Brown, 1958g PDF: 248.Senior synonym of Proceratium fialai: Brown, 1958g PDF: 248.Senior synonym of Proceratium europaea rossica: Brown, 1958g PDF: 248.See also: Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 64; Baroni Urbani & de Andrade, 2003a PDF: 251.

Records

(Map 6): Eastern Danubian Plain: Dobrudzha ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ); Thracian Lowland: Svilengrad ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ); Krupnik-Sandanski-Petrich Valley: Petrich, Sandanski ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ); Southern Black Sea coast: Burgas [( Forel 1895 (as Proceratium europaeum ), Baroni Urbani 1977 , Baroni Urbani and De Andrade 2003 , Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ].