Glyptotermes Froggatt 1897 (termite)

Insecta - Blattodea - Kalotermitidae

Full reference: W. W. Froggatt. 1897. Australian Termitidae. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21:510-552

Parent taxon: Kalotermitidae according to S. Hellemans et al. 2024

See also Engel and Krishna 2007, Krishna et al. 2013, Nel and Paicheler 1993, Snyder 1949 and Zhang et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Calcaritermes, Calotermes (Calotermes) erythrops, Calotermes (Calotermes) resinatus, Cratokalotermes, Cryptotermes, Electrotermes, Electrotermitinae, Eotermes, Glyptotermites, Huguenotermes, Incisitermes, Kachinitermes, Kachinitermopsis, Kalotermes, Neotermes, Oligokalotermes, Otagotermes, Proelectrotermes, Prokalotermes, Pterotermopsis, Taieritermes, Valkyritermes

Subtaxa: Glyptotermes abyssinicus Glyptotermes grimaldii Glyptotermes paleoliberatus Glyptotermes pusillus Glyptotermes shandongianus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Tanzania (2 collections)

• Miocene of China (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Ethiopia (1)

Total: 5 collections including 7 occurrences

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