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Sphecomyrmini
| Sphecomyrmini | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphecomyrminae |
| Tribe: | Sphecomyrmini Wilson & Brown, 1967 |
| Type genus | |
| Sphecomyrma | |
| Diversity | |
| 5 fossil genera 25 fossil species | |
| Synonyms | |
Identification
List of Genera
Extant Genera
This tribe is known only from fossils.
Fossil Genera
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †SPHECOMYRMINI [tribe of †Sphecomyrminae]
- †Sphecomyrminae Wilson & Brown, in Wilson, et al. 1967: 6. Type-genus: †Sphecomyrma Wilson & Brown, in Wilson, et al. 1967: 8.
Taxonomic History
- †Sphecomyrmini as tribe of †Sphecomyrminae: Bolton, 1994: 187.
- †Sphecomyrmini as senior synonym of †Armaniidae: Borysenko, 2017: 17 (in text)
Taxonomic References
Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1972a: 36 (diagnosis); Wilson, 1987: 44, 49 (review, synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995b: 15 (catalogue); Grimaldi, et al. 1997: 7 (review, diagnosis, phylogeny); Bolton, 2003: 74, 261 (diagnosis, synopsis); Perfilieva, 2011: 275 (venation); Barden & Grimaldi, 2013: 410 (comments); Barden & Grimaldi, 2016: 4 (phylogeny); Borysenko, 2017: 15 (diagnosis).