Insecta - Blattodea - Kalotermitidae
Alternative combinations: Calotermes pusillus, Kalotermes pusillus, Termes (Eutermes) pusillus
Synonyms: Termes (Eutermes) diaphanus Giebel 1856, Termes (Eutermes) punctatus Giebel 1856, Termes diaphanus Giebel 1856, Termes punctatus Giebel 1856
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 Glyptotermes according to K. Krishna et al. 2013
See also Giebel 1856, Hagen 1858, Heer 1849, Nel and Paicheler 1993 and Snyder 1949
Sister taxa: Glyptotermes abyssinicus, Glyptotermes grimaldii, Glyptotermes paleoliberatus, Glyptotermes shandongianus
Type specimens:
- Glyptotermes pusillus: NHMW 1847/IX/9, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is East Africa Copal (NHM Wien coll), which is in a Holocene terrestrial amber in Tanzania.
- Termes (Eutermes) diaphanus: Its type locality is East Africa Copal (Leipzig University coll), which is in a Holocene terrestrial amber in Tanzania.
- Termes (Eutermes) punctatus: Its type locality is East Africa Copal (Leipzig University coll), which is in a Holocene terrestrial amber in Tanzania.
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Tanzania (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
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