Camelosphecia

†Camelosphecia Temporal range: Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Uncertain
Genus:	†Camelosphecia Boudinot, Perrichot & Chaul, 2020
Type species
Camelosphecia fossor
Diversity
2 fossil species (Species Checklist)

The taxonomomic placement of this genus is uncertain and it is currently considered incertae sedis in the superfamily Formicoidea. Boudinot et al. (2020) place it, together with Camelomecia, in a clade which forms the extinct sister group of the Formicidae, within the superfamily Formicoidea but outside the family Formicidae. Notably, both these genera are only known from alate males and females (queens); workers, if present, have yet to be recovered.

Distribution

This taxon is known from Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar (Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous).

Phylogeny

Formicoidea

Camelomecia clade (unplaced to family) Camelomecia Camelosphecia Formicidae               Stem Formicidae Unplaced to subfamily (Baikuris, Cretomyrma, Dlusskyidris) Clade Sphecomyrmines Haidomyrmecinae Sphecomyrminae Zigrasimeciinae Clade Antennoclypeata Brownimeciinae Crown Formicidae               Leptanillinae Martialinae Amblyoponinae - see relationships Apomyrminae Proceratiinae Ponerinae - see relationships Agroecomyrmecinae Paraponerinae Dorylinae - see relationships Aneuretinae Dolichoderinae - see relationships Myrmeciinae - see relationships Pseudomyrmecinae - see relationships Formicinae - see relationships Ectatomminae - see relationships Myrmicinae - see relationships

See Phylogeny of Formicidae for details.

Nomenclature

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

• †CAMELOSPHECIA [incertae sedis in Formicoidea]
  • †Camelosphecia Boudinot, Perrichot & Chaul, 2020: 39. Type-species: †Camelosphecia fossor Boudinot, Perrichot & Chaul, 2020: 40, by original designation.

References

• Boudinot, B.E., Perrichot, V., Chaul, J.C.M. 2020. †Camelosphecia gen. nov., lost ant-wasp intermediates from the mid-Cretaceous (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea). ZooKeys 1005, 21–55 (doi:[https://doi.org/10.3897%2Fzookeys.1005.%0A%2A%5B%5BMedia%3AFernandez%2C+F.%2C+Guerrero%2C+R.J.+et+al.+2021.+Sistem%C3%A1tica+y+diversidad+de+las+hormigas+neotropicales+%2810.25100%40socolen.v47i1.11082%29.pdf%7CFernandez%2C+F.%2C+Guerrero%2C+R.J.%2C+S%C3%A1nchez-Restrepo%2C+A.F.+2021.+Sistem%C3%A1tica+y+diversidad+de+las+hormigas+neotropicales.+Revista+Colombiana+de+Entomolog%C3%ADa+47%2C+1%E2%80%9320%5D%5D+%28doi%3A%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.25100%252Fsocolen.v47i1.11082+10.25100%2Fsocolen.v47i1.11082%5D%29.%0A57629 10.3897/zookeys.1005.
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