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 Mastotermes according to K. Krishna et al. 2013
See also Nel 1986 and Nel and Paicheler 1993
Sister taxa: Mastotermes aethiopicus, Mastotermes anglicus, Mastotermes bournemouthensis, Mastotermes brasiliensis, Mastotermes croaticus, Mastotermes electrodominicus, Mastotermes electromexicus, Mastotermes haidingeri, Mastotermes heerii, Mastotermes krishnorum, Mastotermes minor, Mastotermes minutus, Mastotermes monostichus, Mastotermes myanmarensis, Mastotermes nepropadyom, Mastotermes picardi, Mastotermes reticulatus, Mastotermes sarthensis
Type specimen: MNHN IPM-R.07441, 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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