Insecta - Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae
Full reference: T. E. Snyder. 1938. Fossil Insects from the Creede Formation, Colorado Part 1. Isoptera. Psyche 45:109-110
Belongs to Reticulitermes according to K. Krishna et al. 2013
See also Fontes and Vulcano 1998, Nel and Paicheler 1993, Pierce 1958, Snyder 1938 and Snyder 1949
Sister taxa: Hemerobites, Reticulitermes antiquus, Reticulitermes dofleini, Reticulitermes fossarum, Reticulitermes grimaldii, Reticulitermes hartungi, Reticulitermes holmgreni, Reticulitermes laurae, Reticulitermes minimus, Reticulitermes pliozaenicus, Reticulitermes tibialis
Type specimen: MCZ 4472 ab, a hindwing. Its type locality is Creede (MCZ collection), which is in an Oligocene crater lake shale in the Creede Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Creede (MCZ collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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