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Species: †Sphecomyrma freyi   Wilson & Brown, 1967 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Sphecomyrma freyi Wilson & Brown, 1967: 8, pls. 1-4, figs. 1, 2 (w.) NEW JERSEY AMBER (Cretaceous). "USA, New Jersey, Monmouth County, Cliffwood." Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA (MCZ). AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Designation of neotype: Grimaldi, Agosti & Carpenter, 1997 PDF: 12.
See also: Engel & Grimaldi, 2005 PDF: 9.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Nearctic Region: New Jersey, North America, United States
Neotropical Region: Americas

Distribution Notes:

New Jersey amber, U.S.A.; Late Cretaceous, Turonian (ca. 92 Ma).

Comments:

Holotype MCZ.PALE-8589, partially destroyed; neotype AMNH-NJ-112 (now donated to MCZ in replacement of the holotype accidently destroyed).

References:

  • Wilson E. O., Carpenter F. M., Brown W. L. Jr. 1967. The first Mesozoic ants, with the description of a new subfamily. Psyche, 74(1): 1-19.
  • Grimaldi D. A., Agosti D., Carpenter J. M. 1997. New and rediscovered primitive ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cretaceous amber from New Jersey, and their phylogenetics relationships. American Museum Novitates, 3208: 1-43.
  • 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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