Sphecomyrma sp.

ENGEL, MICHAEL S. & GRIMALDI, DAVID A., 2005, Primitive New Ants in Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar, New Jersey, and Canada (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), American Museum Novitates 3485, pp. 1-24 : 9-11

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0082(2005)485[0001:PNAICA]2.0.CO;2
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D3531B-7967-FFF8-D646-F9913DAAFC08
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Sphecomyrma sp.
status

Treatment

† Sphecomyrma sp.

MATERIAL: AMNH NJ 942, a male in amber from New Jersey: Middlesex Co., Sayreville, White Oaks outcrop. Collected by the late Steve Swolensky. Specimen is in a clear yellow piece of amber 5 3 7 mm, embedded in epoxy and trimmed to 1.5 mm thickness for a full lateral view of the ant.

COMMENTS: Venation and other details of this specimen are indistinguishable from AMNH NJ242, described and figured by Grimaldi et al. (1997) as † Sphecomyrma ? sp. Measurements: Length of hind wing (forewing

TABLE 2 Measurements of Antennal Articles for † Sphecomyrma freyi (AMNH NJ943)

apices are lost), 1.97 mm; length of mesosoma 1.29 mm; length of petiole 0.36 mm; length of gaster 1.05 mm; length of antenna 2.40 mm.