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Sphecomyrma mesaki

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Sphecomyrma mesaki was named by Engel and Grimaldi (2005). Its type specimen is AMNH NJ-1023, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Sphecomyrma mesaki Engel and Grimaldi p. 7 fig. 5
2012Sphecomyrma mesaki Bolton
2020Sphecomyrma mesaki Boudinot et al. p. 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Sphecomyrmines
subfamilySphecomyrminae
genusSphecomyrma
speciesmesaki

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.

†Sphecomyrma mesaki Engel and Grimaldi 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available