Parastylotermes frazieri Snyder 1955 (termite)

Insecta - Blattodea - Stylotermitidae

Full reference: T. E. Snyder. 1955. A new fossil termite, Parastylotermes frazieri, from California (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae). Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 57:79-80

Belongs to Parastylotermes according to K. Krishna et al. 2013

See also Fontes and Vulcano 1998, Nel and Paicheler 1993 and Snyder 1955

Sister taxa: Parastylotermes calico, Parastylotermes krishnai, Parastylotermes nathani, Parastylotermes robustus, Parastylotermes washingtonensis

Type specimen: USNM 62383, a wing. Its type locality is Old Frazier Borax Mine, which is in a Miocene lacustrine - large shale in the Plush Ranch Formation of California.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Old Frazier Borax Mine

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