Spargotermes Emerson 1965 (termite)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae

Full reference: A. E. Emerson. 1965. A review of the Mastotermitidae (Isoptera), including a new fossil genus from Brazil. American Museum Novitates 2236:1-46

Parent taxon: Mastotermitidae according to K. Krishna et al. 2013

See also Carpenter 1992, Emerson 1965, Fontes and Vulcano 1998 and Nel and Paicheler 1993

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Spargotermes costalimai

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Type: Spargotermes costalimai

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Fonseca village, Rio Piracicaba, Alvinopolis municipality (Eocene of Brazil)

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