At the time of the genus description, the three specimens were residing in the American Museum of Natural History, in New York City.

The described specimens are of queen and drone caste adults which have been preserved as inclusions in transparent chunks of Burmese amber.

[2][3] The fossils were first studied by paleoentomologists Philip Barden and David Grimaldi, both of the American Museum of Natural History.

The specific epithet janovitzi is a patronym honoring Tyler Janovitz who donated the type specimen for study.

[1] Camelomecia is one of several ant genera described from Burmese amber the others being Burmomyrma, Ceratomyrmex, Gerontoformica, Haidomyrmex, Myanmyrma, and Zigrasimecia.

The mandibles have a distinct cup-like appearance, with the inner side of each cup towards the clypeal surface and a single tooth is present on the lower apex.

There are a total of fourteen hamuli on the hindwings, all but one located towards the wing tip, with the last just to the base side of the Rs vein.

Unlike the described Camelomecia females, the male has only eleven antennae segments, and the clypeus lacks denticles, rather a brush of fine setae is present.