†Spargotermes costalimai Emerson 1965 (termite)
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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
Belongs to Spargotermes according to K. Krishna et al. 2013
See also Emerson 1965, Fontes and Vulcano 1998 and Nel and Paicheler 1993
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: DGAP 3904, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Fonseca village, Rio Piracicaba, Alvinopolis municipality, which is in a Priabonian lacustrine shale in the Fonseca Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Fonseca village, Rio Piracicaba, Alvinopolis municipality
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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