Miotermes spectabilis Heer 1849

Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae

Alternative combinations: Hodotermes spectabilis, Termes (Termopsis) spectabilis, Termes spectabilis

Full reference: O. Heer. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Henschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflügler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen 1-264

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

See also Emerson 1933, Emerson 1965, Hagen 1858, Heer 1849, Heer 1864, Nel and Paicheler 1993, Snyder 1949 and von Rosen 1913

Sister taxa: Miotermes insignis, Miotermes procerus, Miotermes randeckensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (Stuttgart collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany

Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Stuttgart collection)

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