Prionomyrmex gusakovi Radchenko and Perkovsky 2020 (bulldog ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: A. G. Radchenko and E. E. Perkovsky. 2020. New finds of the fossil ant genus Prionomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmeciinae) in Late Eocene European amber. Paleontological Journal 54:617-626

Belongs to Prionomyrmex according to A. G. Radchenko and E. E. Perkovsky 2020

Sister taxa: Prionomyrmex janzeni, Prionomyrmex longiceps, Prionomyrmex wappleri

Type specimen: PIN 964/1319, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Yantarnyi village (PIN collection 964), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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