Glyptotermes shandongianus Zhang 1989

Insecta - Blattodea - Kalotermitidae

Alternative combination: Kalotermes shandongianus

Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1989. Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China 1-459

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

See also Zhang 1989 and Zhang et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Glyptotermes abyssinicus, Glyptotermes grimaldii, Glyptotermes paleoliberatus, Glyptotermes pusillus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection s (Shandong Provincial Museum), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China

Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection s (Shandong Provincial Museum)

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