Dolichorhinotermes dominicanus Schlemmermeyer and Cancello 2000 (termite)

Insecta - Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae

Full reference: T. Schlemmermeyer and E. M. Cancello. 2000. New fossil termite species: Dolichorhinotermes dominicanus from Dominican amber (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae, Rhinotermitinae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 41:303-311

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

See also Schlemmermeyer and Cancello 2000

Sister taxon: Dolichorhinotermes apopnus

Type specimen: MCFC 248, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (MCCB/MCAM collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (MCCB/MCAM collection)

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