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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The 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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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...
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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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Dlussky 1983 2 †Pseudarmania rasnitsyni N/A †Sphecomyrma Wilson & Brown 1967 2 †Sphecomyrma freyi †Sphecomyrma freyi †Zigrasimecia Barden & Grimaldi 2013...
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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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the genus as incertae sedis. The genus was recovered as close to both Sphecomyrma and Zigrasimecia which are both members of the subfamily Sphecomyrmicinae...
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segment is consistent with almost all aculeate insects, and possibly Sphecomyrma. The feature of non-functional, vestigial wings may have evolved in this...
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