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Sphecomyrma
Taxonomy
Sphecomyrma was named by Wilson and Brown (1967). Its type is Sphecomyrma freyi. It is the type genus of Sphecomyrminae, Sphecomyrmini.
It was assigned to Formicidae by Carpenter (1992); to Sphecomyrmini by Bolton (2003), Bolton (2012) and Borysenko (2017); and to Sphecomyrminae by Wilson and Brown (1967), Wilson (1985), Engel and Grimaldi (2005) and Boudinot et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Formicidae by Carpenter (1992); to Sphecomyrmini by Bolton (2003), Bolton (2012) and Borysenko (2017); and to Sphecomyrminae by Wilson and Brown (1967), Wilson (1985), Engel and Grimaldi (2005) and Boudinot et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1967 | Sphecomyrma Wilson and Brown p. 6 |
| 1985 | Sphecomyrma Wilson |
| 1992 | Sphecomyrma Carpenter |
| 2003 | Sphecomyrma Bolton p. 74 |
| 2005 | Sphecomyrma Engel and Grimaldi p. 7 |
| 2012 | Sphecomyrma Bolton |
| 2017 | Sphecomyrma Borysenko p. 15 |
| 2020 | Sphecomyrma Boudinot et al. p. 30 |
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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.
G. †Sphecomyrma Wilson and Brown 1967
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†Sphecomyrma freyi Wilson and Brown 1967
†Sphecomyrma mesaki Engel and Grimaldi 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available