Mastotermes myanmarensis Jouault 2022 (termite)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae

Full reference: C. Jouault. 2022. Taxonomic names, in Incrementing and clarifying the diversity and early evolution of termites (Blattodea: Isoptera). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196:608-629

Belongs to Mastotermes according to C. Jouault 2022

Sister taxa: Mastotermes aethiopicus, 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 nepropadyom, Mastotermes picardi, Mastotermes reticulatus, Mastotermes sarthensis

Type specimen: IGR.BU-054, a wing. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Hkamti amber (IGR Rennes collection), which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Hkamti amber (IGR Rennes collection)

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