Sphecomyrma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: †Sphecomyrminae
Tribus: †Sphecomyrmini
Genus: †Sphecomyrma
Species (3): †S. canadensis – †S. freyi – †S. mesaki

[source: Engel & Grimaldi (2005: 22)]

Name

Sphecomyrma Wilson & Brown in Wilson, Carpenter & Brown, 1967

Type species: Sphecomyrma freyi Wilson & Brown in Wilson, Carpenter & Brown, 1967

References

• Wilson, E.O., Carpenter, F.M. & Brown, W.L., jr. 1967. The first Mesozoic ants, with the description of a new subfamily. Psyche 74: 1–19. DOI: 10.1155/1967/89604
• Engel, M.S. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2005. Primitive New Ants in Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar, New Jersey, and Canada (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). American Museum novitates 3485: 1–24. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2005)485[0001:PNAICA]2.0.CO;2
• Wilson, E.O. 1985. Ants from the Cretaceous and Eocene amber of North America. Psyche 92: 205–216. DOI: 10.1155/1985/57604 PDF.

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