Insecta - Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae
Alternative combination: Reticulitermes pliozenicus
Full reference: H. Weidner. 1971. Zwei neue Termitenarten aus dem Pliozäns von Willershausen. Bericht der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft zu Hannover 115:41-46
Belongs to Reticulitermes according to K. Krishna et al. 2013
See also Nel and Paicheler 1993 and Weidner 1971
Sister taxa: Hemerobites, Reticulitermes antiquus, Reticulitermes creedei, Reticulitermes dofleini, Reticulitermes fossarum, Reticulitermes grimaldii, Reticulitermes hartungi, Reticulitermes holmgreni, Reticulitermes laurae, Reticulitermes minimus, Reticulitermes tibialis
Type specimen: GZG 52-19127, a forewing. Its type locality is Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection), which is in a Piacenzian pond marl in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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