''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

References

External links

* Myrmicinae Ant genera Hymenoptera of Asia Hymenoptera of Africa Hymenoptera of Australia {{myrmicinae-stub