Brownimecia clavata

†Brownimecia clavata Temporal range: Turonian, Late Cretaceous K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl ↓ 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 Raritan (New Jersey) amber, New Jersey, United States (Turonian, Late Cretaceous).

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• †clavata. †Brownimecia clavata Grimaldi, Agosti & Carpenter, 1997: 20, figs. 1e-f, 7-11 (w.) NEW JERSEY AMBER (U.S.A.: New Jersey, Cretaceous).
  • Status as species: Bolton, 2003: 75; Engel & Grimaldi, 2005: 12; Barden, 2017: 2.

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. (page 20, figs. 1e-f, 7-11 worker described)