Ooceraea Roger, 1862

Yamane, Seiki & Mizuno, Riou, 2024, Three new species of the ant genera Ooceraea and Syscia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae) from Sabah, Borneo, Asian Myrmecology (e 017004) 17, pp. 1-14 : 3

Genus Ooceraea Roger, 1862

Diagnosis (worker). With characteristics shared by doryline genera (see Bolton 1990a, b). Parafrontal ridge always present. Eye reduced, or more frequently absent. Antenna with 6, 7, 8 or 9 flagellomeres (8–11 antennomeres). Anterior slope of pronotum often delimited from pronotal dorsum with distinct transverse carina. Pronoto-mesopleural suture present as deep cut. Tarsal claws simple. Hind-basitarsus not widening distally. Abdominal segment IV occupying most part of gastral dorsum. Constriction absent anteriorly on abdominal segments V and VI (gastral segments II and III). In profile view abdominal tergite IV anteriorly only slightly covering sternite IV (base of sternite generally exposed). Pygidium armed with spine-like setae. ( Borowiec 2016; Zhou et al. 2020; present study).