Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae
Full reference: T. Wappler and M. S. Engel. 2006. A new record of Mastotermes from the Eocene of Germany (Isoptera: Mastotermitidae). Journal of Paleontology 80(2):380-385
Belongs to Mastotermes according to K. Krishna et al. 2013
See also Wappler and Engel 2006
Sister taxa: Mastotermes aethiopicus, Mastotermes anglicus, Mastotermes bournemouthensis, Mastotermes brasiliensis, Mastotermes croaticus, Mastotermes electrodominicus, Mastotermes electromexicus, Mastotermes gallica, Mastotermes haidingeri, Mastotermes heerii, Mastotermes minor, Mastotermes minutus, Mastotermes monostichus, Mastotermes myanmarensis, Mastotermes nepropadyom, Mastotermes picardi, Mastotermes reticulatus, Mastotermes sarthensis
Type specimen: PE 1997/34a+b-LS, an exoskeleton (complete termite). Its type locality is Eckfeld Maar (NHMN 1997 collection), which is in a MP 13 crater lake siltstone/shale in the Eifel Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Eckfeld Maar (NHMN 1997 collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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