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Sphecomyrminae
Taxonomy
Sphecomyrminae was named by Wilson and Brown (1967). Its type is Sphecomyrma.
It was reranked as the family Sphecomyrmidae by Dlussky (1983).
It was assigned to Formicoidea by Dlussky (1983); to Formicidae by Wilson and Brown (1967), Rasnitsyn (1975), Bolton (2003), Engel and Grimaldi (2005), Bolton (2012), Perrichot (2014), Perrichot (2015), Borysenko (2017); and to Sphecomyrmines by Boudinot et al. (2020).
It was reranked as the family Sphecomyrmidae by Dlussky (1983).
It was assigned to Formicoidea by Dlussky (1983); to Formicidae by Wilson and Brown (1967), Rasnitsyn (1975), Bolton (2003), Engel and Grimaldi (2005), Bolton (2012), Perrichot (2014), Perrichot (2015), Borysenko (2017); and to Sphecomyrmines by Boudinot et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1967 | Sphecomyrminae Wilson and Brown p. 6 |
| 1975 | Sphecomyrminae Rasnitsyn |
| 1983 | Sphecomyrmidae Dlussky |
| 2003 | Sphecomyrminae Bolton p. 74 |
| 2005 | Sphecomyrminae Engel and Grimaldi p. 5 |
| 2012 | Sphecomyrminae Bolton |
| 2014 | Sphecomyrminae Perrichot p. 166 |
| 2015 | Sphecomyrminae Perrichot p. 586 |
| 2017 | Sphecomyrminae Borysenko p. 3 |
| 2020 | Sphecomyrminae Boudinot et al. p. 29 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subfm. †Sphecomyrminae Wilson and Brown 1967
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G. †Baikuris Dlussky 1987
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†Baikuris casei Grimaldi et al. 1997
†Baikuris mandibularis Dlussky 1987
†Baikuris maximus Perrichot 2015
†Baikuris mirabilis Dlussky 1987
†Baikuris ocellantis Sosiak et al. 2024
G. †Gerontoformica Nel and Perrault 2004
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†Gerontoformica contega Barden and Grimaldi 2014
†Gerontoformica gracilis Barden and Grimaldi 2014
†Gerontoformica magna Barden and Grimaldi 2014
†Gerontoformica occidentalis Perrichot et al. 2007
†Gerontoformica pilosa Barden and Grimaldi 2014
†Gerontoformica priapos Zhuang et al. 2025
†Gerontoformica robusta Barden and Grimaldi 2014
†Gerontoformica spiralis Barden and Grimaldi 2014
†Gerontoformica sternorhabda Boudinot et al. 2022
†Gerontoformica subcuspis Barden and Grimaldi 2014
Invalid names: Gerontoformica cretacica Nel and Perrault 2004 [nomen dubium], Gerontoformica orientalis Engel and Grimaldi 2005 [nomen dubium], Gerontoformica rugosa Barden and Grimaldi 2014 [nomen dubium], Gerontoformica tendir Barden and Grimaldi 2014 [nomen dubium], Sphecomyrmodes Engel and Grimaldi 2005 [synonym]
G. †Myanmyrma Engel and Grimaldi 2005
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†Myanmyrma gracilis Engel and Grimaldi 2005
†Myanmyrma maraudera Barden and Grimaldi 2016
G. †Sphecomyrma Wilson and Brown 1967
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†Sphecomyrma freyi Wilson and Brown 1967
†Sphecomyrma mesaki Engel and Grimaldi 2005
†Sphecomyrma nexa Sosiak et al. 2024
Invalid names: Sphecomyrmini Wilson and Brown 1967 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 106.30000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Albian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Gerontoformica cretacica, Baikuris maximus (99114) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Russian Federation (Taymyr) | Baikuris mirabilis, Baikuris mandibularis (104988) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Gerontoformica gracilis (198285) Gerontoformica priapos (226880) Sphecomyrminae indet. (161726) Sphecomyrmodes orientalis, Myanmyrma gracilis, Gerontoformica gracilis, Gerontoformica sternorhabda (111688) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar (Kachin) | Gerontoformica sp., Sphecomyrmodes contegus, Sphecomyrmodes gracilis, Sphecomyrmodes magnus, Sphecomyrmodes pilosus, Sphecomyrmodes robustus, Sphecomyrmodes rugosus, Sphecomyrmodes spiralis, Sphecomyrmodes subcuspis, Sphecomyrmodes tendir, Gerontoformica maraudera (123113) Gerontoformica sternorhabda (228923) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Sphecomyrmodes occidentalis (161514) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | France | Gerontoformica occidentalis (123118) | |
| Turonian | USA (New Jersey) | Sphecomyrma freyi, Baikuris casei (123016) Sphecomyrma sp., Sphecomyrma freyi, Sphecomyrma mesaki (110895) | |
| Turonian - Santonian | USA (New Jersey) | Sphecomyrma freyi (123216) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (North Carolina) | Sphecomyrma nexa, Baikurus sp. (152037) |