Family Heterotermitidae Froggatt 1897

Insecta - Blattodea - Heterotermitidae

Alternative spelling: Heterotermitinae

Synonym: Coptotermitinae

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

Parent taxon: Geoisoptera according to S. Hellemans et al. 2024

See also Emerson 1971, Engel 2011, Fontes and Vulcano 1998, Froggatt 1897, Jouault and Nel 2021, Krishna and Grimaldi 2009, Krishna et al. 2013, Nel and Paicheler 1993, Perkovsky and Nel 2021 and Snyder 1949

Sister taxon: Termitidae

Subtaxa: Coptotermes Heterotermes Megatermes Reticulitermes

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Type: Heterotermes

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Germany (1 collection)

• Turolian of France (2)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Germany (2), Mexico (6), Slovenia (3), United States (2: California)

• Oligocene of Germany (1), United States (1: Colorado)

• Eocene of Poland (1), the Russian Federation (8), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Colorado)

Total: 31 collections including 44 occurrences

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