Mastotermes heerii Goeppert 1855 (termite)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae

Alternative combinations: Mastotermes heeri, Termopsis heerii

Full reference: H. R. Goeppert. 1855. Die TertiƤre Flora von Schossnitz in Schlesien 1-52

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

See also Assmann 1870, Emerson 1933, Emerson 1965, Goeppert 1855, Nel and Paicheler 1993, Snyder 1949 and Weidner 1968

Sister taxa: Mastotermes aethiopicus, Mastotermes anglicus, Mastotermes bournemouthensis, Mastotermes brasiliensis, Mastotermes croaticus, Mastotermes electrodominicus, Mastotermes electromexicus, Mastotermes gallica, Mastotermes haidingeri, Mastotermes krishnorum, Mastotermes minor, Mastotermes minutus, Mastotermes monostichus, Mastotermes myanmarensis, Mastotermes nepropadyom, Mastotermes picardi, Mastotermes reticulatus, Mastotermes sarthensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Schossnitz (Sosnica), which is in a Miocene lacustrine claystone in Poland

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Schossnitz (Sosnica)

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