Proelectrotermes holmgreni Engel et al. 2007 (termite)

Insecta - Blattodea - Kalotermitidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel, D. A. Grimaldi, and K. Krishna. 2007. Primitive termites from the Early Cretaceous of Asia (Isoptera). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 371:1-32

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

See also Engel et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Proelectrotermes berendtii, Proelectrotermes fodinae, Proelectrotermes roseni, Proelectrotermes swinhoei

Type specimen: AMNH Bu-043, a forewing (and hind leg fragment). Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection)

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