Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative spelling: Sphecomyrmidae
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: Formicidae according to J. T. Oberski et al. 2025
See also Bolton 2003, Bolton 2012, Borysenko 2017, Boudinot et al. 2020, Dlussky 1983, Engel and Grimaldi 2005, Perrichot 2014, Perrichot 2015, Rasnitsyn 1975 and Wilson and Brown 1967
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Baikuris Gerontoformica Myanmyrma Sphecomyrma Sphecomyrmini
Type: Sphecomyrma
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (3 collections), Myanmar (6), the Russian Federation (1), United States (4: New Jersey, North Carolina)
Total: 14 collections including 33 occurrences