Authorship |
Sosiak et al., 2024:
1756, figs. 1D, S3
|
Forms |
w. |
Locality |
U.S.A. (North Carolina, Campanian amber) |
Etymology |
The specific epithet comes from the Latin inconspicuus, or ‘‘hard to see’’, and refers to both the smaller compound eyes and mandibles without teeth found in this species. |
Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: North Carolina, along the Neuse River near Goldsboro, a locality that is part of the Cretaceous Black Creek Formation; from an amber deposit in an Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) outcrop. Primary type depository: AMNH. Primary type specimen: AMNH-NC-MSE-1. |