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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) and 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) and 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. †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 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
Invalid names: Sphecomyrmini Wilson and Brown 1967 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available