†Zophotermes ashoki Engel and Singh 2011 (termite)
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Insecta - Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae
Full reference: M. S. Engel and H. Singh. 2011. Taxonomic names, in The termites of Early Eocene Cambay amber, with the earliest record of the Termitidae (Isoptera). ZooKeys 148:105-123
Belongs to Zophotermes according to K. Krishna et al. 2013
See also Engel and Singh 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BSIPL Tad-42, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in India.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection)
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