{{Short description|Genus of ants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Proformica nasuta casent0101912 profile 1.jpg |image_caption = ''Proformica nasuta'' worker from Spain |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Proformica |authority = Ruzsky, 1902 |type_species = ''Formica nasuta'' |type_species_authority = |diversity_link = #Species |diversity = 27 species |diversity_ref = <ref name="AntCat">{{AntCat|429358|Proformica|2014|accessdate=5 July 2014}}</ref> }}

'''''Proformica''''' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.<ref name="AWProformica"/> The genus is known from the Palearctic realm, from Mongolia through Central Asia to Spain. Colonies are small, generally containing a few hundred individuals, with a single queen (monogyne) or multiple ergatogyne queens. Unique in the tribe Formicini, some species have specialized workers ("honeypot ants") gorged with food; they function as living storage containers.<ref name="Agosti_1994"/>

==Parasite host== Four species are host to obligate slave-making ants in the genus ''Rossomyrmex'', with each species forming a coevolving pair:<ref name="Ruano_et_al_2013"/> *''Rossomyrmex proformicarum''–''Proformica epinotalis'' *''Rossomyrmex quandratinodum''–''Proformica'' sp. *''Rossomyrmex anatolicus''–''Proformica korbi'' *''Rossomyrmex minuchae''–''Proformica longiseta''

==Species== {{Gallery |File:Proformica striaticeps 193578837.jpg|''P. striaticeps'' from Greece }} {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *''Proformica alaica'' <small>Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926</small> *''Proformica borowieci'' <small>Lebas, Galkowski, Lenoir & Perdereau, 2023 </small> *''Proformica buddhaensis'' <small>Ruzsky, 1915</small> *''Proformica caucasea'' <small>(Santschi, 1925)</small> *''Proformica coriacea'' <small>Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927</small> *''Proformica dolichocephala'' <small>Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927</small> *''Proformica epinotalis'' <small>Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927</small> *''Proformica ferreri'' <small>Bondroit, 1918</small> *''Proformica flavosetosa'' <small>(Viehmeyer, 1922)</small> *''Proformica jacoti'' <small>(Wheeler, 1923)</small> *''Proformica kaszabi'' <small>Dlussky, 1969</small> *''Proformica kobachidzei'' <small>Arnol'di, 1968</small> *''Proformica korbi'' <small>(Emery, 1909)</small> *''Proformica kosswigi'' <small>(Donisthorpe, 1950)</small> *''Proformica kusnezowi'' <small>(Santschi, 1928)</small> *''Proformica lebasi'' <small>Borowiec & Salata, 2022</small> *''Proformica longiseta'' <small>Collingwood, 1978</small> *''Proformica mongolica'' <small>(Emery, 1901)</small> *''Proformica nasuta'' <small>(Nylander, 1856)</small> *''Proformica nitida'' <small>Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1923</small> *''Proformica oculatissima'' <small>(Forel, 1886)</small> *''Proformica ossetica'' <small>Dubovikoff, 2005</small> *''Proformica pilosiscapa'' <small>Dlussky, 1969</small> *''Proformica seraphimi'' <small>Tarbinsky, 1970</small> *''Proformica similis'' <small>Dlussky, 1969</small> *''Proformica splendida'' <small>Dlussky, 1965</small> *''Proformica striaticeps'' <small>(Forel, 1911)</small> {{div col end}}

==See also== *''Rossomyrmex'', genus of ant that parasitizes ''Proformica'' species

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="AWProformica">{{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Proformica&rank=genus&project=allantwebants |title= Genus: Proformica |date= |website=antweb.org |publisher=AntWeb |access-date=23 September 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="Agosti_1994">{{cite journal |last=Agosti |first=D. |date=1994 |title=The phylogeny of the ant tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with the description of a new genus. |url=https://zenodo.org/record/27079 |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=19 |issue= 2|pages=93–117 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-3113.1994.tb00581.x|bibcode=1994SysEn..19...93A |s2cid=83590673 }}</ref>

<ref name="Ruano_et_al_2013">{{citation | last1 = Ruano | first1 = F. | last2 = Sanllorente | first2 = O. | last3 = Lenoir | first3 = A. | last4 = Tinaut | first4 = A. | title = ''Rossomyrmex'', the Slave-Maker Ants from the Arid Steppe Environments | doi = 10.1155/2013/541804 | journal = Psyche: A Journal of Entomology | volume = 2013 | pages = 1–7| year = 2013 | doi-access = free | hdl = 10481/98053 | hdl-access = free }}</ref> }}

==External links== *{{commonscat-inline|Proformica|''Proformica''}}

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Category:Formicinae Category:Ant genera

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