†Parotermes insignis Scudder 1883 (termite)
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Insecta - Blattodea - Archotermopsidae
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1883. The fossil white ants of Colorado. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 19:133-145
Belongs to Parotermes according to K. Krishna et al. 2013
See also Emerson 1933, Fontes and Vulcano 1998, Nel and Paicheler 1993, Scudder 1883, Scudder 1885, Scudder 1890 and Snyder 1949
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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