Cryptotermes pouilloni Jouault and Nel 2022 (drywood termite)

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)

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