†Heterotermes primaevus Snyder 1960 (termite)
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Insecta - Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae
Full reference: T. E. Snyder. 1960. Fossil termites from Tertiary amber of Chiapas, Mexico (Isoptera). Journal of Paleontology 34(3):493-494
Belongs to Heterotermes according to K. Krishna et al. 2013
See also Emerson 1971, Fontes and Vulcano 1998, Nel and Paicheler 1993 and Snyder 1960
Sister taxon: Heterotermes eocenicus
Type specimen: UCMP 12679a, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is UCMP B-5103, Las Cruces landslide, Simojovel region, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at UCMP B-5103, Las Cruces landslide, Simojovel region
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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