†Sphecomyrma mesaki Engel and Grimaldi 2005 (ant)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi. 2005. Primitive New Ants in Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar, New Jersey, and Canada (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 3485:1-24
Belongs to Sphecomyrma according to B. E. Boudinot et al. 2020
See also Bolton 2012 and Engel and Grimaldi 2005
Sister taxon: Sphecomyrma freyi
Type specimen: AMNH NJ-1023, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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