Sphecomyrma Wilson and Brown 1967 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: E. O. Wilson and W. L. Brown. 1967. Taxonomic names, in The first Mesozoic ants, with the description of a new subfamily. Psyche 74:1-19

Parent taxon: Sphecomyrminae according to B. E. Boudinot et al. 2020

See also Bolton 2003, Bolton 2012, Borysenko 2017, Carpenter 1992, Engel and Grimaldi 2005, Wilson 1985 and Wilson and Brown 1967

Sister taxa: Gerontoformica, Myanmyrma, Sphecomyrmini

Subtaxa: Sphecomyrma freyi Sphecomyrma mesaki

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Type: Sphecomyrma freyi

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (3: New Jersey collections)

Total: 3 collections including 6 occurrences

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