Kachinitermes 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

Parent taxon: Kalotermitidae according to K. Krishna et al. 2013

See also Engel et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Calcaritermes, Calotermes (Calotermes) erythrops, Calotermes (Calotermes) resinatus, Cratokalotermes, Cryptotermes, Electrotermes, Electrotermitinae, Eotermes, Glyptotermes, Glyptotermites, Huguenotermes, Incisitermes, Kachinitermopsis, Kalotermes, Neotermes, Oligokalotermes, Otagotermes, Proelectrotermes, Prokalotermes, Pterotermopsis, Taieritermes, Valkyritermes

Subtaxa: Kachinitermes tristis

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Swinhoe collection, BMNH) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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