Insecta - Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae
Alternative spelling: Leucotermes (Reticulitermes)
Synonym: Maresa Giebel 1856 [replaced name]
Full reference: N. Holmgren. 1913. Termitenstudien IV. Versuch einer systematischen Monographie der Termiten der orientalischen Region. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, Ny Följd 50(2):1-276
Parent taxon: Heterotermitinae according to C. Jouault and A. Nel 2021
See also Carpenter 1992, Emerson 1971, Engel et al. 2007, Holmgren 1913, Jarzembowski 1980, Krishna et al. 2013, Park and Downing 2001, Pierce 1958, Snyder 1938, Snyder 1949 and Weidner and Riou 1986
Sister taxa: Heterotermes, Lukotermes
Subtaxa: Hemerobites Reticulitermes antiquus Reticulitermes creedei Reticulitermes dofleini Reticulitermes fossarum Reticulitermes grimaldii Reticulitermes hartungi Reticulitermes holmgreni Reticulitermes laurae Reticulitermes minimus Reticulitermes pliozaenicus Reticulitermes tibialis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Miocene of France (2), Germany (2), United States (4: California)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), United States (1: Colorado)
• Eocene of Poland (1), the Russian Federation (7), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 21 collections including 30 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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