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 New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.

• †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)