Khanitermes acutipennis Ponomarenko 1988 (termite)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae

Alternative combination: Valditermes acutipennis

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1988. Novye Mezozojskie Nasekomye. Novye Iskopaemykh Bespozvonochnykh Mongolii, Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya 33:71-80

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

See also Engel et al. 2007, Nel and Paicheler 1993 and Ponomarenko 1988

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 4271/1, a wing. Its type locality is Shar-Tolgoy (PIN collection 4271), which is in an Aptian lacustrine marl in the Shar-Tolgoy Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mongolia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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