Checklist of Pristomyrmex species

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Pristomyrmex
Myrmicinae
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Pristomyrmex minusculus
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Distribution
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Species Richness
Statistics
Valid Species 61
Invalid Species 21
Fossils 3
Countries Occupied 50
Year Described 1866
First Species Described 1858
Last Species Described 2016

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Pristomyrmex. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Pristomyrmex species and for distribution information see Pristomyrmex species by Country.

A

acerosus Wang, M., 2003 (Vanuatu)
africanus Karavaiev, 1931 (Angola, Cameroun, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania)
   • Hylidris myersi Weber, 1941
   • Hylidris myersi beni Weber, 1952
   • Hylidris myersi mbomu Weber, 1952
   • Hylidris myersi primus Weber, 1952

B

bicolor Emery, 1900 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore)
   • Pristomyrmex taurus Stitz, 1925

bispinosus (Donisthorpe, 1949) (Mauritius)
boltoni Wang, M., 2003 (New Guinea)
brevispinosus Emery, 1887 (Borneo, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Krakatau Islands, Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand)
   • Pristomyrmex formosae Lin & Wu, W.-J., 1998
   • Pristomyrmex yaeyamensis Yamane & Terayama, 1999

browni Wang, M., 2003 (Mauritius, Réunion)

C

cebuensis Zettel, 2007 (Philippines)
coggii Emery, 1897 (New Guinea)
collinus Wang, M., 2003 (Philippines)
costatus Wang, M., 2003 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore)
cribrarius Arnold, 1926 (Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania)
curvulus Wang, M., 2003 (Philippines)

D

distinguendus Zettel, 2006 (Philippines)
divisus Wang, M., 2003 (Philippines)

E

eduardi Forel, 1914 (Indonesia)
erythropygus Taylor, 1968 (Australia)

F

flatus Wang, M., 2003 (Philippines)
fossulatus (Forel, 1910) (South Africa)
foveolatus Taylor, 1965 (Australia)
fuscipennis (Smith, F., 1861) (Indonesia, Sulawesi)

H

hamatus Xu, Z. & Zhang, 2002 (China)
hirsutus Wang, M., 2003 (Philippines)

I

inermis Wang, M., 2003 (Indonesia, New Guinea)

L

largus Wang, M., 2003 (Micronesia (Federated States of))
leleji Yamane & Dias, 2016 (Thailand)
levigatus Emery, 1897 (Micronesia (Federated States of), New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Wallis and Futuna Islands)
   • Pristomyrmex mendanai Mann, 1919

longispinus Wang, M., 2003 (Philippines)
longus Wang, M., 2003 (New Guinea)
lucidus Emery, 1897 (New Guinea)

M

mandibularis Mann, 1921 (Fiji)
minusculus Wang, M., 2003 (Australia, Indonesia, Micronesia (Federated States of), New Guinea, Palau, Tonga)
modestus Wang, M., 2003 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)

N

nitidissimus Donisthorpe, 1949 (New Guinea)

O

obesus Mann, 1919 (Solomon Islands)
   • Pristomyrmex obesus melanoticus Mann, 1919
   • Pristomyrmex pegasus Mann, 1919

occultus Wang, M., 2003 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)
orbiceps (Santschi, 1914) (Angola, Cameroun, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Uganda)
   • Hylidris laevigatus Weber, 1952

P

pangantihoni Zettel & Laciny, 2015 (Philippines)
picteti Emery, 1893 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore)
   • Pristomyrmex picteti tingiana Stitz, 1925

pollux Donisthorpe, 1944 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)
profundus Wang, M., 2003 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam)
pulcher Wang, M., 2003 (Malaysia)
punctatus (Smith, F., 1860) (Borneo, China, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam)
   • Pristomyrmex japonicus Forel, 1900
   • Pristomyrmex pungens Mayr, 1866

Q

quadridens Emery, 1897 (Indonesia, Micronesia (Federated States of), New Guinea, Palau, Philippines)
   • Pristomyrmex orbiculatus Donisthorpe, 1948
   • Pristomyrmex quadridens aruensis Karavaiev, 1933

quadridentatus (André, 1905) (Australia)
   • Pristomyrmex quadridentatus queenslandensis Forel, 1915

quindentatus Wang, M., 2003 (Indonesia)

R

reticulatus Donisthorpe, 1949 (New Guinea)
rigidus Wang, M., 2003 (Borneo, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam)
rugosus Zettel, 2006 (Philippines)

S

schoedli Zettel, 2006 (Philippines)
simplex Wang, M., 2003 (New Guinea, Philippines)
sinharaja Dias & Yamane, 2016 (Sri Lanka)
sulcatus Emery, 1895 (China, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam)

T

thoracicus Taylor, 1965 (Australia)
trachylissus (Smith, F., 1858) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand)
trispinosus (Donisthorpe, 1946) (Mauritius)
trogor Bolton, 1981 (Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)
tsujii Sarnat & Economo, 2013 (Fiji)

U

umbripennis (Smith, F., 1863) (Indonesia, New Guinea)
   • Pristomyrmex castaneicolor Donisthorpe, 1949
   • Pristomyrmex castor Donisthorpe, 1944
   • Pristomyrmex parumpunctatus Emery, 1887
   • Solenopsis laevis Smith, F., 1865

W

wheeleri Taylor, 1965 (Australia)
wilsoni Taylor, 1968 (Australia)

Fossil Species

A

archaios Radchenko & Dlussky, 2018 (Bitterfeld amber, Baltic Sea region, Europe (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene))

E

elmesi Radchenko & Dlussky, 2018 (Rovno amber, Baltic Sea region, Europe (Priabonian, Late Eocene))

R

rasnitsyni Dlussky & Radchenko, 2011 (Danish-Scandinavian amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene))