Termopsis gracilipennis Theobald 1937 (damp wood termite)

Insecta - Blattodea - Termopsidae

Full reference: N. Theobald. 1937. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Bulletin Mensuel (Mémoires) de la Société des Sciences de Nancy 1:1-473

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

See also Nel and Paicheler 1993, Snyder 1949 and Theobald 1937

Sister taxa: Termopsis bremii, Termopsis mallaszi, Termopsis transsylvanica, Termopsis ukapirmasi

Type specimen: Bale Museum R 630, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Kleinkembs, which is in a Rupelian lacustrine - large marl/limestone in the Salt Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Kleinkembs

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