Insecta - Blattodea - Termitidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi. 2011. Taxonomic names, in The termites of Early Eocene Cambay amber, with the earliest record of the Termitidae (Isoptera). ZooKeys 148:105-123

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

See also Engel and Grimaldi 2011

Sister taxa: Amitermes, Eutermes fraasi, Eutermes nickeli, Eutermes sachtlebini, Gnathamitermes, Gnathotermes, Metatermites, Microcerotermes, Mirotermes resinatus, Termes, Termes (Eutermes) croaticus, Termes (Eutermes) obscurus, Termes (Termes) amicus, Termes buchii, Termes drabatyi, Termes giganteus, Termes hauffi, Termes korschefskyi, Termes scheeri, Termes schleipi, Termes stitzi, Termes weismanni

Subtaxa: Nanotermes isaacae

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Type: Nanotermes isaacae

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection) (Eocene of India)

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