Camelosphecia
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| †Camelosphecia Temporal range: Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar | |
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| 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.
Identification
Distribution
This taxon is known from Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar (Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous).
Castes
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.
