Insecta - Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae
Synonyms: Leucotermes borussicus von Rosen 1913, Reticulitermes borussicus von Rosen 1913
Full reference: T. E. Snyder. 1928. A new Reticulitermes from Baltic Sea amber (Insecta-Isoptera). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 18:515-517
Belongs to Reticulitermes according to K. Krishna et al. 2013
See also Nel and Paicheler 1993, Snyder 1928, Snyder 1949, von Rosen 1913 and Weidner 1955
Sister taxa: Hemerobites, Reticulitermes antiquus, Reticulitermes creedei, Reticulitermes dofleini, Reticulitermes fossarum, Reticulitermes grimaldii, Reticulitermes hartungi, Reticulitermes holmgreni, Reticulitermes laurae, Reticulitermes pliozaenicus, Reticulitermes tibialis
Type specimens:
- Reticulitermes minimus: USNM 41546, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (USNM collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
- Leucotermes borussicus:
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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