Mastotermes anglicus von Rosen 1913 (termite)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae

Synonym: Mastotermes batheri von Rosen 1913

Full reference: K. von Rosen. 1913. Die Fossilen Termiten: Eine kurze Zusammenfassung der bis jetzt bekannten Funde. Transactions of the 2nd International Congress of Entomology 2:318-335

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

See also Emerson 1965, Jarzembowski 1980, Nel and Paicheler 1993, Snyder 1949 and von Rosen 1913

Sister taxa: Mastotermes aethiopicus, Mastotermes bournemouthensis, Mastotermes brasiliensis, Mastotermes croaticus, Mastotermes electrodominicus, Mastotermes electromexicus, Mastotermes gallica, Mastotermes haidingeri, Mastotermes heerii, Mastotermes krishnorum, Mastotermes minor, Mastotermes minutus, Mastotermes monostichus, Mastotermes myanmarensis, Mastotermes nepropadyom, Mastotermes picardi, Mastotermes sarthensis

Type specimens:

  • Mastotermes anglicus: NHML I.15037, a hindwing. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
  • Mastotermes batheri: Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection)

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