Sphecomyrma mesaki
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| †Sphecomyrma mesaki 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. mesaki |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sphecomyrma mesaki Engel & Grimaldi, 2005 | |
Contents
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from U.S.A.
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- †mesaki. †Sphecomyrma mesaki Engel & Grimaldi, 2005: 7, fig. 5 (w.) U.S.A. (Cretaceous).
Description
References
- Engel, M. S. and D. A. Grimaldi 2005. Primitive new ants in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, New Jersey, and Canada (Hymenoptrea: Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 3485: 1-24 (page 7, fig. 5 worker described)
