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Sphecomyrminae, the Glossary

Sphecomyrminae is an extinct subfamily of ants in family Formicidae known from a series of Cretaceous fossils found in North America, Europe, and Asia.^[1]

34 relations: Alberta, Amber, Ant, Apomorphy and synapomorphy, Asia, Baikuris, Boltonimecia, Burmese amber, Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey, Cretaceous, David Grimaldi (entomologist), Dlusskyidris, E. O. Wilson, Europe, Extinction, Foremost Formation, Gerontoformica, Haidomyrmecinae, Incertae sedis, Inclusion (mineral), Late Cretaceous, Metapleural gland, Natural History Museum, London, North America, Oswald Heer, Plesiomorphy and symplesiomorphy, Psyche (entomology journal), Raritan Formation, Santonian, Sphecomyrma, Subfamily, Synonym (taxonomy), Zigrasimecia, Zigrasimeciinae.
Ant subfamilies
Campanian extinctions
Turonian first appearances

Alberta

Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Amber

Amber is fossilized tree resin.

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Ant

Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera.

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Apomorphy and synapomorphy

In phylogenetics, an apomorphy (or derived trait) is a novel character or character state that has evolved from its ancestral form (or plesiomorphy).

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Asia

Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.

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Baikuris

Baikuris is an extinct genus of ant in the Formicidae subfamily Sphecomyrminae, and is currently placed in the tribe Sphecomyrmini.

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Boltonimecia

Boltonimecia is an extinct genus of ant in the formicid subfamily Zigrasimeciinae.

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Burmese amber

Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar.

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Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey

Cliffwood Beach is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Aberdeen Township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Cretaceous

The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).

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David Grimaldi (entomologist)

David A. Grimaldi (born September 22, 1957) is an entomologist and Curator of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

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Dlusskyidris is an extinct genus of ant in the Formicidae subfamily Sphecomyrminae, and is one of the five genera placed in the tribe Sphecomyrmini. Sphecomyrminae and Dlusskyidris are Cretaceous insects.

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E. O. Wilson

Edward Osborne Wilson (June 10, 1929 – December 26, 2021) was an American biologist, naturalist, ecologist, and entomologist known for developing the field of sociobiology.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Foremost Formation

The Foremost Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Late Cretaceous (Campanian) age that underlies much of southern Alberta, Canada.

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Gerontoformica

Gerontoformica is an extinct genus of stem-group ants.

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Haidomyrmecinae

Haidomyrmecinae, occasionally called hell ants, are an extinct subfamily of ants (Formicidae) known from Cretaceous fossils found in ambers of North America, Europe, and Asia, spanning the late Albian to Campanian, around 100 to 79 million years ago. Sphecomyrminae and Haidomyrmecinae are ant subfamilies, Cretaceous insects and fossil ant taxa.

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Incertae sedis

of uncertain placement or problematica is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined.

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Inclusion (mineral)

In mineralogy, an inclusion is any material trapped inside a mineral during its formation.

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Late Cretaceous

The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale.

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Metapleural glands (also called metasternal or metathoracic glands) are secretory glands that were considered unique to ants and basal in the evolutionary history of ants.

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Natural History Museum, London

The Natural History Museum in London is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Oswald Heer

Oswald Heer (or Oswald von Heer) (31 August 1809 – 27 September 1883), Swiss geologist and naturalist, was born at Niederuzwil in Canton of St. Gallen and died in Lausanne.

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Plesiomorphy and symplesiomorphy

In phylogenetics, a plesiomorphy ("near form") and symplesiomorphy are synonyms for an ancestral character shared by all members of a clade, which does not distinguish the clade from other clades.

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Psyche (entomology journal)

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology is a scientific journal of entomology which was established in 1874 by the Cambridge Entomological Club as a "journal for the publication of biological contributions upon Arthropoda from any competent person".

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Raritan Formation

The Raritan Formation is a Cretaceous (Turonian) sedimentary geologic formation of the Atlantic Coastal Plain.

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Santonian

The Santonian is an age in the geologic timescale or a chronostratigraphic stage.

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Sphecomyrma

Sphecomyrma is an extinct genus of ants which existed in the Cretaceous approximately 79 to 92 million years ago. Sphecomyrminae and Sphecomyrma are Cretaceous insects.

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Subfamily

In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: subfamilia, plural subfamiliae) is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus.

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Synonym (taxonomy)

The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.

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Zigrasimecia

Zigrasimecia is an extinct genus of ants which existed in the Cretaceous period approximately 98 million years ago.

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Zigrasimeciinae

Zigrasimeciinae is a subfamily of ants, known from the Cretaceous period, originally named as the tribe Zigrasimeciini within the subfamily Sphecomyrminae by Borysenko, 2017, it was elevated to full subfamily in 2020. Sphecomyrminae and Zigrasimeciinae are ant subfamilies.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphecomyrminae

Also known as Sphecomyrmini.