Sphecomyrma freyi
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| †Sphecomyrma freyi Temporal range: Turonian, Late Cretaceous Raritan (New Jersey) amber, New Jersey, United States | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphecomyrminae |
| Tribe: | Sphecomyrmini |
| Genus: | Sphecomyrma |
| Species: | †S. freyi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sphecomyrma freyi Wilson & Brown, 1967
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Contents
Identification
Specomyrma freyi drawing
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Distribution
This taxon was described from Raritan (New Jersey) amber, New Jersey, United States (Turonian, Late Cretaceous).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- †freyi. †Sphecomyrma freyi Wilson & Brown, in Wilson, Carpenter & Brown, 1967: 8, pls. 1-4, figs. 1, 2 (w.) U.S.A. (Cretaceous). Designation of neotype: Grimaldi, Agosti & Carpenter, 1997: 12. See also: Engel & Grimaldi, 2005: 9.
Type Material
- Neotype (designated by Grimaldi et al., 1997: 12), worker, Sunrise Landing, E. Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, United States, Dec. 1994, Case, Borodin, Leggett, AMNH No. NJ-112, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Description
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 12, Designation of neotype)
- Wilson, E. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1967. [Untitled. Descriptions of new taxa: Sphecomyrminae Wilson and Brown, new subfamily; Sphecomyrma Wilson and Brown, new genus; Sphecomyrma freyi Wilson and Brown, new species.]. Pp. 6-10 in: Wilson, E. O., Carpenter, F. M., Brown, W. L., Jr. The first Mesozoic ants, with the description of a new subfamily. Psyche (Camb.) 74:1-19. PDF (page 8, pls. 1-4, figs. 1, 2 worker described)
