the species is one of six "pachycondyla" which have been described from messel formation fossils. all six of the species were described by dlussky and wedmann in the same 2012 paper, the other five being "p. eocenica", "p. lutzi", "p.? messeliana", "p. parvula", and "p. petiolosa". another eight fossil species have been described from fossils in north america, europe, and asia.