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Sphecomyrma: Taxonomy, Description & Overview
Sphecomyrma is an extinct genus of ants which existed in the Cretaceous approximately 79 to 92 million years ago. The first specimens were collected in 1966, found embedded in amber which had been exposed in the cliffs of Cliffwood, New Jersey, by Edmund Frey and his wife. In 1967, zoologists E. O. Wilson, Frank Carpenter and William L. Brown, Jr.…
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Sphecomyrma topic overview
The analysis highlights Taxonomy, Description and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Sphecomyrma.
Related topics
89
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
93
Extracted relationships
105
Concept neighborhoods
19
Bridge connections
93
What this topic covers Research coverage
Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.
Taxonomy · 44 topics
Description · 21 topics
Overview · 21 topics
Ecology · 3 topics
Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.
Key facts & relationships
High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.
Explore all related topics Closing gaps
A structured outline of related entities, concepts and subtopics. Open any item to build a new map centered on it.
Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.
Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.
How Sphecomyrma connects Entity context
Entity context groups extracted connections by relationship type. Counts show recurrence in the analyzed source; the examples are research signals, not claims about importance.
The extracted context around Sphecomyrma shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Sphecomyrma → Aculeata, AMNH-NJ-112, As, At, Baltic, Before, Brunswick, Carpenter, Claiborne Formation, Cliffwood Beach, Comparative Zoology, Cretaceous, Cretavus, David Stager, Diptera, Donald Baird, Edmund Frey, Eocene, Florissant, However Another extracted example is Sphecomyrma → Aneuretini, Ants, Apoidea, By, Currently, Dolichoderinae, Formicidae, It, Mesozoic, Methocha, More, Myrmeciinae, Nothomyrmecia, Scoliidae, The, The Australian, The Eocene, These, This, Thynnidae. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
Sphecomyrma
Top relations
related to Taxonomy· 42
Sphecomyrma → Aculeata, AMNH-NJ-112, As, At, Baltic, Before, Brunswick, Carpenter, Claiborne Formation, Cliffwood Beach, Comparative Zoology, Cretaceous, Cretavus, David Stager, Diptera, Donald Baird, Edmund Frey, Eocene, Florissant, However
Relationships are represented as Subject → Predicate → Object triples. Confidence describes extraction strength, not the real-world importance of a relationship; lower-confidence rows may be contextual rather than explicit.
TTTA extracted 105 structured relationships around Sphecomyrma. Examples in this analysis include Sphecomyrma → is a → extinct genus of ants which existed in the Cretaceous approximately 79 to 92 million years ago and Nothomyrmecia → instance of → It shows resemblance to extant primitive ants. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
Subject
Predicate
Object
Confidence
Src
Sphecomyrma
is a
extinct genus of ants which existed in the Cretaceous approximately 79 to 92 million years ago
0.90
text
Nothomyrmecia
instance of
It shows resemblance to extant primitive ants
0.80
text
members of the tribe Aneuretini
instance of
It shows resemblance to extant primitive ants
0.80
text
Dlussky believed Sphecomyrma was not an ant
instance of
EcologyAs some scientists
0.80
text
they thought it was solitary
instance of
EcologyAs some scientists
0.80
text
semi-communal
instance of
EcologyAs some scientists
0.80
text
Sphecomyrma
related to Description
The
0.60
section
Sphecomyrma
related to Description
Workers
0.60
section
Sphecomyrma
related to Ecology
As
0.60
section
Sphecomyrma
related to Ecology
Dlussky
0.60
section
Sphecomyrma
related to Ecology
Further
0.60
section
Sphecomyrma
related to Ecology
However
0.60
section
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Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods
Concept neighborhoods group terms that sit near one another in the extracted graph. They are useful for discovering adjacent language and context, but proximity does not by itself imply a factual relationship.
The concept neighborhoods around Sphecomyrma bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Fossil, Wasps and Specimens. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
ants
Sphecomyrma
Wasps
Cretaceous
Found
Primitive
Genus
Mandibles
Short
Amber
Ant
Antennae
Metapleural
amber
Found
Cretaceous
Fossil
Collected
Holotype
Ant
Canadensis
Mesaki
First
Specimens
Described
New
baltic amber
Found
Cretaceous
Fossil
Collected
Holotype
Ant
Canadensis
Mesaki
First
Specimens
Described
New
cretaceous
Amber
Fossils
Fossil
Found
Wasps
Wilson
New
Genus
Sphecomyrma
Ant
Specimens
Canadensis
e. o. wilson
Genus
Canadensis
New
Cretaceous
Fossil
Ant
First
Mesaki
Described
Sphecomyrma
Holotype
Fossils
upper cretaceous
Amber
Fossils
Fossil
Found
Wasps
Wilson
New
Genus
Sphecomyrma
Ant
Specimens
Canadensis
Sphecomyrma
Fossil
Wasps
Specimens
Wilson
Species
Fossils
Primitive
Petiole
Body
Eyes
Holotype
Specimen
sphecomyrma
Fossil
Wasps
Specimens
Wilson
Species
Fossils
Primitive
Petiole
Body
Eyes
Holotype
Specimen
Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges
Semantic bridges connect parts of the graph that would otherwise be more separate. A bridge is a structural signal in this analysis, not a claim that the two topic areas are equivalent.
For Sphecomyrma, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Sphecomyrma with Taxonomy. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.
Sphecomyrma
Nodes94
Edges93
Triples105
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021277
Components1
Source & methodology
TTTA analyzes the structure around Sphecomyrma to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Taxonomy, Description & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
