Pristomyrmex elmesi Radchenko and Dlussky 2018 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: A. G. Radchenko and G. M. Dlussky. 2018. Two new fossil species of the ant genus Pristomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Rovno and Bitterfeld ambers. Annales Zoologici 68:251-258

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

See also Radchenko and Dlussky 2018

Sister taxa: Pristomyrmex archaios, Pristomyrmex rasnitsyni, Pristomyrmex umbripennis

Type specimen: SIZK K-7248, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZK K collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZK K collection)

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