Pristomyrmex tsujii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Genus: | Pristomyrmex |
Species: | P. tsujii
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Binomial name | |
Pristomyrmex tsujii Sarnat & Economo, 2013
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Pristomyrmex tsujii (named for Prof. Kazuki Tsuji) is a species of ant in the genus Pristomyrmex. Known from Fiji, where they are widely distributed but rarely encountered. The species has a discrete ergatoid queen caste that is intermediate between a worker and an alate queen.