Protonym: Brownimecia inconspicua
Authorship Sosiak et al., 2024: 1756, figs. 1D, S3
Forms w.
Locality U.S.A. (North Carolina, Campanian amber)
Etymology The specific epithet comes from the Latin inconspicuus, or ‘‘hard to see’’, and refers to both the smaller compound eyes and mandibles without teeth found in this species.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: North Carolina, along the Neuse River near Goldsboro, a locality that is part of the Cretaceous Black Creek Formation; from an amber deposit in an Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) outcrop. Primary type depository: AMNH. Primary type specimen: AMNH-NC-MSE-1.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Brownimecia inconspicua Species Valid Original combination