†Boltonimecia canadensis Wilson 1985 (ant)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combination: Sphecomyrma canadensis
Full reference: E. O. Wilson. 1985. Ants from the Cretaceous and Eocene amber of North America. Psyche 92:205-216
Belongs to Boltonimecia according to B. E. Boudinot et al. 2020
See also Borysenko 2017, Spahr 1987 and Wilson 1985
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CAS 330, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (CNC July 1971 collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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