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Pristomyrmex elmesi

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Pristomyrmex elmesi was named by Radchenko and Dlussky (2018). Its type specimen is SIZK K-7248, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZK K collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Pristomyrmex elmesi Radchenko and Dlussky p. 253 fig. 1,2
2025Pristomyrmex elmesi Radchenko and Ribbecke p. 366 fig. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Antennoclypeata
—Euformicia
—Doryloformicia
—Formicia
—Formicomyrmida
—Myrmicomorpha
subfamilyMyrmicinae
tribeCrematogastriniForel 1893
genusPristomyrmexMayr 1866
specieselmesi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Pristomyrmex elmesi Radchenko and Dlussky 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Pristomyrmex elmesi (type locality: 122997)