Gnathamitermes rousei Pierce 1958 (long jawed desert termite)

Insecta - Blattodea - Termitidae

Alternative combination: Gnathamitermes magnoculus rousei

Full reference: W. D. Pierce. 1958. Fossil Arthropods of California. No. 21. Termites from Calico Mountains nodules. Bulletin of The Southern California Academy of Sciences 57(1):13-24

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

See also Fontes and Vulcano 1998, Nel and Paicheler 1993 and Pierce 1958

Sister taxon: Gnathamitermes magnoculus

Type specimen: LACMIP 362, a wing. Its type locality is Site 16 (LACMIP 363), Calico Hills, which is in a Hemingfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Barstow Formation of California.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Site 16 (LACMIP 363), Calico Hills

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