†Blattotermes massiliensis Nel 1986 (termite)
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Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae
Full reference: A. Nel. 1986. Sur trois espèces nouvelles de Termites fossiles du stampien d'Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône) (Dictyoptera, Hodotermitidae, Mastotermitidae). L'Entomologiste 42:271-278
Belongs to Blattotermes according to K. Krishna et al. 2013
See also Nel 1986 and Nel and Paicheler 1993
Sister taxa: Blattotermes neoxenus, Blattotermes wheeleri
Type specimen: MNHN IPM-R.07442, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (MNHN Paris Coll), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Aix-en-Provence (MNHN Paris Coll)
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