†Termitaradus protera Poinar and Doyen 1992 (termite bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Termitaphididae
Full reference: G. O. Poinar and J. T. Doyen. 1992. A fossil termite bug, Termitaradus protera sp.n. (Hemiptera: Termitaphididae), from Mexican amber. Entomologica Scandinavica 23:89-93
Belongs to Termitaradus according to G. O. Poinar and J. T. Doyen 1992
See also Poinar and Heiss 2011
Sister taxa: Termitaradus avitinquilinus, Termitaradus dominicanus, Termitaradus mitnicki
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mexican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mexican amber (Poinar coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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