Brownimecia clavata

†Brownimecia clavata Temporal range: Turonian, Late Cretaceous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Raritan (New Jersey) amber, New Jersey, United States
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Brownimeciinae
Genus:	Brownimecia
Species:	†B. clavata
Binomial name
†Brownimecia clavata Grimaldi, Agosti & Carpenter, 1997

Distribution

This taxon was described from U.S.A.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.

• †clavata. †Brownimecia clavata Grimaldi, Agosti & Carpenter, 1997: 20, figs. 1e-f, 7-11 (w.) U.S.A. (Cretaceous). See also: Engel & Grimaldi, 2005: 12.

References

• Grimaldi, D.; Agosti, D.; Carpenter, J. M. 1997. New and rediscovered primitive ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cretaceous amber from New Jersey, and their phylogenetic relationships. Am. Mus. Novit. 3208: 1-43 PDF (page 20, figs. 1e-f, 7-11 worker described)