Sphecomyrma mesaki

†Sphecomyrma mesaki 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:	Sphecomyrminae
Tribe:	Sphecomyrmini
Genus:	Sphecomyrma
Species:	†S. mesaki
Binomial name
†Sphecomyrma mesaki Engel & Grimaldi, 2005

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.

• †mesaki. †Sphecomyrma mesaki Engel & Grimaldi, 2005: 7, fig. 5 (w.) U.S.A. (Cretaceous).

References

• • Engel, M.S., Grimaldi, D.A. 2005. Primitive new ants in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, New Jersey, and Canada (Hymenoptrea: Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 3485: 1-24 (doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2005)485[0001:PNAICA]2.0.CO;2). (page 7, fig. 5 worker described)