Brownimecia
| Brownimecia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | †Brownimeciinae Bolton, 2003 |
| Tribe: | †Brownimeciini Bolton, 2003 |
| Genus: | †Brownimecia Grimaldi, Agosti & Carpenter, 1997 |
| Species: | †B. clavata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Brownimecia clavata Grimaldi, Agosti & Carpenter, 1997[1] | |
Brownimecia is an extinct genus of ants known from New Jersey amber.[2] Described in 1997, the genus contains a single species, Brownimecia clavata. It was initially placed in the subfamily Ponerinae, but was but later moved to its own subfamily, Brownimeciinae.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Subfamily: †Brownimeciinae". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ↑ Grimaldi, D.; Agosti, D.; Carpenter, J.M. (1997), "New and rediscovered primitive ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cretaceous amber from New Jersey, and their phylogenetic relationships.", American Museum Novitates 3208: 1–43
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2003), "Synopsis and classification of Formicidae.", Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71: 1–370
- ↑ Ward, Philip S. (2007), "Phylogeny, classification, and species-level taxonomy of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).", Zootaxa 1668: 549–563
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