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Family Psammotermitidae Holmgren 1911 (termite)

Insecta - Blattodea - Psammotermitidae

Alternative spellings: Hodotermitini, Psammotermitinae

Parent taxon: Neoisoptera according to S. Hellemans et al. 2024

See also Carpenter 1992, Engel 2011, Engel 2021, Engel et al. 2009, Jarzembowski 1981, Krishna et al. 2013, Nel and Paicheler 1993 and Wang et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Archeorhinotermitidae, Geoisoptera, Rhinotermitidae, Stylotermitidae

Subtaxa: Prorhinotermitinae

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection) (Eocene of India)

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