Brownimecia

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Brownimecia
Temporal range: Turonian, Late Cretaceous
Raritan (New Jersey) amber, New Jersey, United States
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Brownimeciinae
Genus: Brownimecia
Grimaldi, Agosti & Carpenter, 1997
Type species
Brownimecia clavata
Diversity
1 fossil species
(Species Checklist)

Grimaldi Agosti Carpenter 1997-23 Fig.jpg

Identification

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  • Chaul (2023), Fig. 5. Types of mesosoma in fossil and extant ants. A, Gerontoformica; B, Protozigrasimecia; C, Zigrasimecia; D, Brownimecia; E, Brachyponera and F, Discothyrea. Among extant ants, Discothyrea presents a degree of mesosomal compaction similar to that of Zigrasimecia. Abbreviations: Lmspl, lower mesopleuron; Lmtpl, lower metapleuron; mgo, metapleural gland opening; Msn, mesonotum; Mspl, mesopleuron; Mssct, mesoscutum; Mssctl, mesoscutellum; Mtn, metanotum; Ppd, propodeum; Prn, pronotum; Prpl, propleuron, sp, spiracle; Umspl, upper mesopleuron; Umtpl, upper metapleuron.

Distribution

This taxon is known from Raritan (New Jersey) amber, New Jersey, United States (Turonian, Late Cretaceous).

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • BROWNIMECIA [†Brownimeciinae]
    • Brownimecia Grimaldi, Agosti & Carpenter, 1997: 20. Type-species: †Brownimecia clavata, by original designation.

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