Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: G. M. Dlussky and A. G. Radchenko. 2011. Pristomyrmex rasnitsyni sp. n., the first known fossil species of the ant genus Pristomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Late Eocene Danish amber. Russian Entomological Journal 20:251-254

Belongs to Pristomyrmex according to A. Radchenko and H. Ribbecke 2025

See also Bolton 2012 and Dlussky and Radchenko 2011

Sister taxa: Pristomyrmex archaios, Pristomyrmex elmesi, Pristomyrmex umbripennis

Type specimen: ZMUC 328, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Danish Amber (University of Copenhagen ZMUC, NHMD Collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Denmark.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Danish Amber (University of Copenhagen ZMUC, NHMD Collection)

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