†Sphecomyrmini
Wilson & Brown, 1967
valid
- †Sphecomyrmini as tribe of †Sphecomyrminae: Bolton, 1994: 187.
Subfamily and tribe †Sphecomyrmini references
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1972a: 36 (diagnosis); Wilson, 1987b: 44, 49 (review, synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995b: 15 (catalogue); Grimaldi et al., 1997: 7 (review, diagnosis, phylogeny); Bolton, 2003: 74, 260 (diagnosis, synopsis); Perfilieva, 2011: 275 (venation); Borysenko, 2017: 15 (diagnosis); Boudinot et al., 2020: 37 (genera key)
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp.
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
- Borysenko, L. H. 2017. Description of a new genus of primitive ants from Canadian amber, with the study of relationships between stem- and crown-group ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insecta Mundi 570:1-57. PDF
- Boudinot, B. E.; Perrichot, V.; Chaul, J. C. M. 2020. †Camelosphecia gen. nov., lost ant-wasp intermediates from the mid-Cretaceous (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea). ZooKeys 1005:21-55. 10.3897/zookeys.1005.57629 PDF
- Grimaldi, D.; Agosti, D.; Carpenter, J. M. 1997. New and rediscovered primitive ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cretaceous amber from New Jersey, and their phylogenetic relationships. American Museum Novitates 3208:1-43. PDF
- Perfilieva, K. S. 2011. New data on the wing morphology of the Cretaceous Sphecomyrminae ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Paleontological Journal 45 (3):275-283. 10.1134/S0031030111030117 PDF
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1972a. The subfamilies of Formicidae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 74:35-45. PDF
- Wilson, E. O. 1987b. The earliest known ants: an analysis of the Cretaceous species and an inference concerning their social organization. Paleobiology 13:44-53. PDF
- Wilson, E. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1967. [Untitled. Descriptions of new taxa: Sphecomyrminae Wilson and Brown, new subfamily; Sphecomyrma Wilson and Brown, new genus; Sphecomyrma freyi Wilson and Brown, new species.]. Pp. 6-10 in: Wilson, E. O.; Carpenter, F. M.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1967. The first Mesozoic ants, with the description of a new subfamily. Psyche (Cambridge) 74:1-19. PDF
Fossil: 6 valid genera, 21 valid species
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