Insecta - Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae
Synonym: Reticulitermes tibialis dubitans Pierce 1958
Full reference: W. D. Pierce. 1958. Fossil Arthropods of California. No. 21. Termites from Calico Mountains nodules. Bulletin of The Southern California Academy of Sciences 57(1):13-24
Belongs to Reticulitermes according to K. Krishna et al. 2013
See also Fontes and Vulcano 1998, Nel and Paicheler 1993 and Pierce 1958
Sister taxa: Hemerobites, Reticulitermes antiquus, Reticulitermes creedei, Reticulitermes dofleini, Reticulitermes fossarum, Reticulitermes grimaldii, Reticulitermes hartungi, Reticulitermes holmgreni, Reticulitermes minimus, Reticulitermes pliozaenicus, Reticulitermes tibialis
Type specimens:
- Reticulitermes laurae: LACMIP 912, a wing. Its type locality is Site 16 (LACMIP 363), Calico Hills, which is in a Hemingfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Barstow Formation of California.
- Reticulitermes tibialis dubitans: LACMIP 376, a wing.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: California collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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