Reticulitermes hartungi Heer 1864 (termite)

Insecta - Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae

Alternative combinations: Heterotermes hartungi, Termes hartungi

Full reference: O. Heer. 1864. Die Urwelt der Schweiz 1-622

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

See also Hagen 1858, Heer 1864, Nel and Paicheler 1993, Snyder 1949 and Weidner and Riou 1986

Sister taxa: Hemerobites, Reticulitermes antiquus, Reticulitermes creedei, Reticulitermes dofleini, Reticulitermes fossarum, Reticulitermes grimaldii, Reticulitermes holmgreni, Reticulitermes laurae, Reticulitermes minimus, Reticulitermes pliozaenicus, Reticulitermes tibialis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Zurich collection)

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