†Gyatermes naganoensis Engel and Tanaka 2015 (termite)
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Insecta - Blattodea - Archotermopsidae
Full reference: M. S. Engel and T. Tanaka. 2015. A giant termite of the genus Gyatermes from the Late Miocene of Nagano Prefecture, Japan (Isoptera). Novitates Paleoentomologicae 10:1-10
Belongs to Gyatermes according to M. S. Engel and T. Tanaka 2015
Sister taxon: Gyatermes styriensis
Type specimen: CHAF-20038, a forewing. Its type locality is Mt. Chausuyama, Shinonoi, which is in a Messinian interdistributary bay mudstone in the Ogawa Formation of Japan.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mt. Chausuyama, Shinonoi
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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