†Pterotermopsis fouldenica Engel and Kaulfuss 2016 (termite)
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Insecta - Blattodea - Kalotermitidae
Full reference: M. S. Engel and U. Kaulfuss. 2016. Diverse, primitive termites (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae, incertae sedis) from the early Miocene of New Zealand. Austral Entomology 56:94-103
Belongs to Pterotermopsis according to M. S. Engel and U. Kaulfuss 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: OU 44989, a wing. Its type locality is Foulden maar (I43/f8503), which is in an Aquitanian crater lake diatomite in the Foulden Hills Diatomite Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Foulden maar (I43/f8503)
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