Insecta - Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae
Alternative combination: Eutermes fossarum
Synonym: Eutermes meadii Scudder 1883
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1883. The fossil white ants of Colorado. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 19:133-145
Belongs to Reticulitermes according to K. Krishna et al. 2013
See also Emerson 1971, Fontes and Vulcano 1998, Nel and Paicheler 1993, Pierce 1958, Scudder 1883, Scudder 1890 and Snyder 1949
Sister taxa: Hemerobites, Reticulitermes antiquus, Reticulitermes creedei, Reticulitermes dofleini, Reticulitermes grimaldii, Reticulitermes hartungi, Reticulitermes holmgreni, Reticulitermes laurae, Reticulitermes minimus, Reticulitermes pliozaenicus, Reticulitermes tibialis
Type specimens:
- Reticulitermes fossarum: Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
- Eutermes meadii: Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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