Pachycondyla parvula is an extinct species of ant in the formicid subfamily Ponerinae described by from a fossil found in Europe.

The area is a preserved maar lake which initially formed approximately 47 million years ago as the result of volcanic explosions.

[2] At the time of description, the holotype specimen, number SMF MeI 10638, along with the paratype and four additional ants were preserved in the Senckenberg Research Station Messel fossil collections.

The fossils were described by Gennady Dlussky and Sonja Wedmann in a 2012 paper on the poneromorph ants of Messel.

In the type description Dlussky and Wedmann named the species P. minuta, with the specific epithet chosen in recognition of small size of the adults.