†Sphecomyrma nexa Sosiak et al. 2024 (ant)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: C. Sosiak, P. Cockx, P. A. Suarez, R. McKellar, and P. Barden. 2024. Prolonged faunal turnover in earliest ants revealed by North American Cretaceous amber. Current Biology 34:1755-1761
Belongs to Sphecomyrma according to C. Sosiak et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Sphecomyrma freyi, Sphecomyrma mesaki
Type specimen: AMNH-NC-515, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Neuse River amber, which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in North Carolina.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Neuse River amber
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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