Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae
Synonym: Pliotermes hungaricus Pongrácz 1917
Full reference: K. von Rosen. 1913. Die Fossilen Termiten: Eine kurze Zusammenfassung der bis jetzt bekannten Funde. Transactions of the 2nd International Congress of Entomology 2:318-335
Belongs to Mastotermes according to K. Krishna et al. 2013
See also Emerson 1965, Engel and Krishna 2007, Nel and Paicheler 1993, Pongrácz 1917, Pongrácz 1926, Pongrácz 1928, Snyder 1949 and von Rosen 1913
Sister taxa: Mastotermes aethiopicus, Mastotermes anglicus, Mastotermes bournemouthensis, Mastotermes brasiliensis, Mastotermes electrodominicus, Mastotermes electromexicus, Mastotermes gallica, Mastotermes haidingeri, Mastotermes heerii, Mastotermes krishnorum, Mastotermes minor, Mastotermes minutus, Mastotermes monostichus, Mastotermes myanmarensis, Mastotermes nepropadyom, Mastotermes picardi, Mastotermes reticulatus, Mastotermes sarthensis
Type specimens:
- Mastotermes croaticus: Its type locality is Radoboj (Grätz Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia
- Pliotermes hungaricus: Its type locality is Radoboj (Hungarian Geologischen Anstalt Coll.), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Croatia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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