†Cryptotermes yamini Krishna and Bacchus 1987 (drywood termite)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Insecta - Blattodea - Kalotermitidae
Full reference: K. Krishna and S. Bacchus. 1987. A new fossil species of termite from Dominican amber, Cryptotermes yamini (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae). American Museum Novitates 2884:1-5
Belongs to Cryptotermes according to M. S. Engel and K. Krishna 2007
See also Fontes and Vulcano 1998, Krishna and Bacchus 1987 and Nel and Paicheler 1993
Sister taxa: Cryptotermes batheri, Cryptotermes glaesarius, Cryptotermes pouilloni, Cryptotermes ryshkoffi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (AMNH coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.