Proatta butteli

Distribution
This taxon was described from Indonesia (Sumatra). It is also found in Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.

Biology
Proatta butteli workers scavenge for invertebrate remains and prey on live arthropods. The ants also collect bits of fresh or dried vegetations, wood, and other plant material and recruit to piles of sesame seeds provided near nest entrances. Apparently none of these plant materials are eaten, however, although they are added to the debris the ants let accumulate inside the nest (Moffett, 1986)

Nomenclature

 *  butteli. Proatta butteli Forel, 1912m: 769 (w.m.) INDONESIA (Sumatra). Crawley, 1924: 401 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1986b: 447 (l.). [Also described as new by Forel, 1913k: 86.] See also: Moffett, 1987: 444.