Ooceraea Roger 1862

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).