Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae
Full reference: M. S. Engel, E. D. Currano, and B. F. Jacobs. 2016. The first mastotermitid termite from Africa (Isoptera: Mastotermitidae): a new species of Mastotermes from the early Miocene of Ethiopia. Journal of Paleontology 89:1038-1042
Belongs to Mastotermes according to M. S. Engel et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Mastotermes anglicus, Mastotermes bournemouthensis, Mastotermes brasiliensis, Mastotermes croaticus, Mastotermes electrodominicus, Mastotermes electromexicus, Mastotermes gallica, Mastotermes haidingeri, Mastotermes heerii, Mastotermes krishnorum, Mastotermes minor, Mastotermes minutus, Mastotermes monostichus, Mastotermes myanmarensis, Mastotermes nepropadyom, Mastotermes picardi, Mastotermes reticulatus, Mastotermes sarthensis
Type specimen: National Museum of Ethiopia MU34-12, a hindwing. Its type locality is Mush Valley Dioscorea, which is in a Miocene pond volcaniclastic/mudstone in Ethiopia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mush Valley Dioscorea
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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