Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae
Full reference: F. I. Bezerra, M. Mendes, and O. De Souza. 2020. New record of Mastotermitidae from Fonseca Basin, Eocene-Oligocene boundary of southeastern Brazil. Biologia 75:1881-1890
Belongs to Mastotermes according to F. I. Bezerra et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Mastotermes aethiopicus, Mastotermes anglicus, Mastotermes bournemouthensis, 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: LP/UFC CRT 2595, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Fonseca creek, CENIBRA property, which is in a Priabonian lacustrine shale in the Fonseca Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Fonseca creek, CENIBRA property
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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