Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: E. O. Wilson and W. L. Brown. 1967. Taxonomic names, in The first Mesozoic ants, with the description of a new subfamily. Psyche 74:1-19

Belongs to Sphecomyrma according to B. Bolton 2012

Sister taxa: Sphecomyrma canadensis, Sphecomyrma mesaki

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cliffwood Beach, Raritan Bay, which is in a Turonian/Santonian terrestrial amber in the Magothy Formation of New Jersey

Ecology:

Average measurements (in mm): Gaster length 1.72, Head 1.20 x 1.03, Mesosoma length 1.39, Petiole length 0.309