Pristomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.
Distribution and habitat The genus is composed of 59 extant species restricted to the Old World tropics and a single extinct species, Pristomyrmex rasnitsyni, described from Scandinavian amber. Its center of diversity is the Oriental region, though species are also known from the Australian rainforests, Africa, Mauritius and Réunion. Most of the species inhabit the rainforest, forage as predators or scavengers, and tend to nest in soil, leaf litter or rotten wood.
Species
Pristomyrmex acerosus Wang, 2003 Pristomyrmex africanus Karavaiev, 1931 Pristomyrmex bicolor Emery, 1900 Pristomyrmex bispinosus (Donisthorpe, 1949) Pristomyrmex boltoni Wang, 2003 Pristomyrmex brevispinosus Emery, 1887 Pristomyrmex browni Wang, 2003 Pristomyrmex cebuensis Zettel, 2007 Pristomyrmex coggii Emery, 1897 Pristomyrmex collinus Wang, 2003 Pristomyrmex costatus Wang, 2003 Pristomyrmex cribrarius Arnold, 1926 Pristomyrmex curvulus Wang, 2003 Pristomyrmex distinguendus Zettel, 2006 Pristomyrmex divisus Wang, 2003 Pristomyrmex eduardi Forel, 1914 Pristomyrmex erythropygus Taylor, 1968 Pristomyrmex flatus Wang, 2003 Pristomyrmex fossulatus (Forel, 1910) Pristomyrmex foveolatus Taylor, 1965 Pristomyrmex fuscipennis (Smith, 1861) Pristomyrmex hamatus Xu & Zhang, 2002 Pristomyrmex hirsutus Wang, 2003 Pristomyrmex inermis Wang, 2003 Pristomyrmex largus Wang, 2003 Pristomyrmex levigatus Emery, 1897 Pristomyrmex longispinus Wang, 2003 Pristomyrmex longus Wang, 2003 Pristomyrmex lucidus Emery, 1897 Pristomyrmex mandibularis Mann, 1921 Pristomyrmex minusculus Wang, 2003 Pristomyrmex modestus Wang, 2003 Pristomyrmex nitidissimus Donisthorpe, 1949 Pristomyrmex obesus Mann, 1919 Pristomyrmex occultus Wang, 2003 Pristomyrmex orbiceps (Santschi, 1914) Pristomyrmex picteti Emery, 1893 Pristomyrmex pollux Donisthorpe, 1944 Pristomyrmex profundus Wang, 2003 Pristomyrmex pulcher Wang, 2003 Pristomyrmex punctatus (Smith, 1860) Pristomyrmex quadridens Emery, 1897 Pristomyrmex quadridentatus (André, 1905) Pristomyrmex quindentatus Wang, 2003 †Pristomyrmex rasnitsyni Dlussky & Radchenko, 2011 Pristomyrmex reticulatus Donisthorpe, 1949 Pristomyrmex rigidus Wang, 2003 Pristomyrmex rugosus Zettel, 2006 Pristomyrmex schoedli Zettel, 2006 Pristomyrmex simplex Wang, 2003 Pristomyrmex sulcatus Emery, 1895 Pristomyrmex thoracicus Taylor, 1965 Pristomyrmex trachylissus (Smith, 1858) Pristomyrmex trispinosus (Donisthorpe, 1946) Pristomyrmex trogor Bolton, 1981 Pristomyrmex tsujii Sarnat & Economo, 2013 Pristomyrmex umbripennis (Smith, 1863) Pristomyrmex wheeleri Taylor, 1965 Pristomyrmex wilsoni Taylor, 1968
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