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
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 (4: 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: 33 collections including 46 occurrences