Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae
Full reference: Y. R. Jiang, Z. P. Zhao, and D. Ren. 2024. Taxonomic names, in Primitive new termites (Blattodea, Termitoidae) in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. ZooKeys 1997:115-126
Belongs to Mastotermes according to Y. R. Jiang et al. 2024
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 myanmarensis, Mastotermes nepropadyom, Mastotermes picardi, Mastotermes sarthensis
Type specimen: CNU-TER-BU-2017006, a forewing. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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