Prionomyrmex longiceps Mayr 1868 (bulldog ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: G. L. Mayr. 1868. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beiträge zur Naturkunde Preussens 1:1-102

Belongs to Prionomyrmex according to S. B. Archibald et al. 2006

See also Mayr 1868, Scudder 1885 and Spahr 1987

Sister taxa: Prionomyrmex gusakovi, Prionomyrmex janzeni, Prionomyrmex wappleri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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