Family Kalotermitidae Froggatt 1897

Insecta - Blattodea - Kalotermitidae

Alternative spellings: Calotermitidae, Calotermitinae, Kalotermitinae

Synonym: Protermitidae Holmgren 1909

Full reference: W. W. Froggatt. 1897. Australian Termitidae. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21:510-552

Parent taxon: Icoisoptera according to M. L. Wang et al. 2022

See also Carpenter 1992, Engel 2011, Engel 2021, Engel et al. 2009, Engel and Kaulfuss 2016, Engel et al. 2013, Froggatt 1897, Hong 1982, Krishna et al. 2013, Martynov 1929, Nel and Paicheler 1993, Snyder 1949 and Zhang 1989

Sister taxa: Neoisoptera, Waipiatatermes

Subtaxa: Calcaritermes Calotermes (Calotermes) erythrops Calotermes (Calotermes) resinatus Cratokalotermes Cryptotermes Electrotermes Electrotermitinae Eotermes Glyptotermes Glyptotermites Huguenotermes Incisitermes Kachinitermes Kachinitermopsis Kalotermes Neotermes Oligokalotermes Otagotermes Proelectrotermes Prokalotermes Pterotermopsis Taieritermes Valkyritermes

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Type: Kalotermes

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Benin (1 collection), Tanzania (3)

• Miocene of China (3), the Dominican Republic (2), Ethiopia (1), France (5), Germany (2), Italy (2), Mexico (5), New Zealand (1), United States (3: California, Idaho)

• Oligocene of France (2), Germany (2), United States (1: Montana)

• Eocene of Denmark (1), France (3), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (7), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Colorado)

• Paleocene of France (2)

• Cretaceous of Brazil (2), Myanmar (4)

Total: 57 collections including 78 occurrences

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