Mastotermes Froggatt 1897 (termite)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae

Synonym: Pliotermes Pongrácz 1917

Full reference: W. W. Froggatt. 1897. Australian Termitidae. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21:510-552

Parent taxon: Mastotermitinae according to C. Jouault 2022

See also Bezerra et al. 2020, Carpenter 1992, Emerson 1965, Engel et al. 2016, Engel and Krishna 2007, Fontes and Vulcano 1998, Froggatt 1897, Jarzembowski 1980, Krishna et al. 2013, Nel and Bourguet 2006, Nel and Paicheler 1993, Pongrácz 1928, Snyder 1949 and Wappler 2003

Sister taxon: Magnifitermes

Subtaxa: Mastotermes aethiopicus Mastotermes anglicus Mastotermes bournemouthensis Mastotermes brasiliensis Mastotermes croaticus Mastotermes electrodominicus Mastotermes electromexicus Mastotermes gallica Mastotermes haidingeri Mastotermes heerii Mastotermes krishnorum Mastotermes minor Mastotermes minutus Mastotermes monostichus Mastotermes myanmarensis Mastotermes nepropadyom Mastotermes picardi Mastotermes sarthensis

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of Croatia (4 collections), the Dominican Republic (2), Ethiopia (1), Mexico (10), Poland (1)

• Oligocene of France (2)

• Eocene of Brazil (1), France (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (2)

• Cretaceous of France (1), Myanmar (2), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 29 collections including 33 occurrences

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