Insecta - Blattodea - Kalotermitidae
Full reference: C. Jouault and A. Nel. 2022. A new Cryptotermes species (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) from the Miocene amber of Dominican Republic. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 58:222-228
Belongs to Cryptotermes according to C. Jouault and A. Nel 2022
Sister taxa: Cryptotermes batheri, Cryptotermes glaesarius, Cryptotermes ryshkoffi, Cryptotermes yamini
Type specimen: MHNE.2021.12.1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber, La Toca mine (MHNE collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the La Toca Formation of the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber, La Toca mine (MHNE collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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