Proceratium melinum

Distribution
This taxon was described from Europe (not USA).

Nomenclature

 *  melinum. Ponera melina Roger, 1860: 291 (w.q.m.) EUROPE (not U.S.A.; see Baroni Urbani, 1977d: 91). Combination in Proceratium: Mayr, 1886d: 438; in Sysphincta: Emery, 1895c: 263; in Proceratium: Brown, 1958g: 248. Senior synonym of europaea, fialai, rossica: Brown, 1958g: 248. See also: Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 64; Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003b: 251.
 * europaea. Sysphingta europaea Forel, 1886e: clxiii, fig. 2 (w.) GREECE. Forel, 1889: 259 (q.); Forel, 1905b: 177 (m.). Combination in Proceratium: Forel, 1889: 258; in Sysphincta: Emery, 1909c: 359. See also: Emery, 1916b: 103; Lomnicki, 1922: 1; Menozzi, 1925d: 24. Junior synonym of melinum: Brown, 1958g: 248.
 * rossica. Sysphincta europaea subsp. rossica Arnol'di, 1930b: 144, figs. 1-3 (w.q.) RUSSIA. [Also described as new by Arnol'di, 1930d: 157.] Junior synonym of melinum: Brown, 1958g: 248.
 * fialai. Sysphincta fialai Kratochvíl, in Kratochvíl, Novák & Snoflák, 1944: 54, figs. 1-4 (w.q.m.) CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Junior synonym of melinum: Brown, 1958g: 248.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Arnol'di 1930b.pdf|Arnol'di, K. V. 1930b. Studien über die Systematik der Ameisen. V. Der erste Vertreter der Tribe Proceratiini (Formicidae) in USSR. Zool. Anz. 91: 143-146 PDF]]