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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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