†Sphecomyrma
Wilson & Brown, 1967
valid
feminine
†Sphecomyrma
Wilson & Brown, 1967:
8 (w.)
Type-species:
†Sphecomyrma freyi, by original designation.
- †Sphecomyrma in Sphecomyrmidae: Dlussky, 1987: 132; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77.
- †Sphecomyrma in †Sphecomyrminae: Wilson et al., 1967: 6; Wilson, 1987b: 49; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 9; Bolton, 1994: 187; Grimaldi et al., 1997: 7; Bolton, 2003: 261.
Genus †Sphecomyrma references
Wilson et al., 1967: 12 (phylogeny); Wilson, 1987b: 49 (review of genus); Bolton, 1995b: 392 (catalogue); Grimaldi et al., 1997: 9 (review of genus); Engel & Grimaldi, 2005: 7 (diagnosis, species key).
Citations
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Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp.
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Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370.
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Dlussky, G. M. 1987. New Formicoidea (Hymenoptera) of the Upper Cretaceous. [In Russian.]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1987(1):131-135.
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Dlussky, G. M.; Fedoseeva, E. B. 1988. Origin and early stages of evolution in ants. [In Russian.]. Pp. 70-144 in: Ponomarenko, A. G. (ed.) 1988. Cretaceous biocenotic crisis and insect evolution. [In Russian.]. Moskva: Nauka, 232 pp.
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Engel, M. S.; Grimaldi, D. A. 2005. Primitive new ants in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, New Jersey, and Canada (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 3485:1-23.
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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.
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Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Fossil: 2 valid species
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