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Sphecomyrma is an
extinct genus of ants
which existed in the
Cretaceous approximately 79 to 92
million years ago. The
first specimens were
collected in...
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Wilson and his
colleagues identified the
fossil remains of an ant (
Sphecomyrma) that
lived in the
Cretaceous period. The specimen,
trapped in amber...
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genera Armania, Cretomyrma, Gerontoformica, Orapia,
Pseudarmania and
Sphecomyrma;
while Zigrasimeciini contains Boltonimecia and Zigrasimecia. A number...
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originally described as a
species of the
extinct genus Sphecomyrma under the
combination Sphecomyrma canadensis.
Boltonimecia is
known from a
single adult...
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Magothy formation is
reported by Wilson's 1967
paper describing Sphecomyrma freyi as
having exposures in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Delaware...
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genus as
incertae sedis. The
genus was
recovered as
close to both
Sphecomyrma and
Zigrasimecia which are both
members of the
subfamily Sphecomyrmicinae...
- ant
species described from New
Jersey amber, the
others being Sphecomyrma freyi,
Sphecomyrma mesaki,
Baikuris casei, and
Kyromyrma neffi. The type fossils...
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Sphecomyrma, an
early ant...
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formed with the
suffix -oides,
meaning "with the form of" and the name
Sphecomyrma, type
genus of Sphecomyrminae. The new
genus and
single species S. orientalis...
- in 2004
Sphecomyrminae Subfam. Gen. et sp. nov
Valid Wilson &
Carpenter Turonian New
Jersey Amber USA
Basal most ant subfamily. One
genus Sphecomyrma...
