Procryptocerus is a Neotropical genus of gliding ants, with the ability to "parachute" by steering their fall if they drop off of the tree they were on.

Due to their cryptic habits, living inside twigs, these ants are rarely collected.

Kempf (1951) revised the entire genus and Longino and Snelling (2002) the Central American species.

[2] The genus is characterized by the protrusion of the clypeus forming a broad nasus and antennal scrobes over the eyes.

[3] Adult workers are mostly black in color, body variously sculptured and monomorphic, ranging from 3.5 to 8.5 mm.