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Termes

Insecta - Blattodea - Termitidae

Taxonomy

Termes was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pedestria by Scopoli (1763); to Synistata by Fabricius (1775); to Aptera by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Müller (1764), Schaeffer (1766), Linnaeus (1767) and Müller (1776); to Neuroptera by Latreille (1794) and Latreille (1796); to Termitina by Latreille (1802); to Termitidae by Heer (1849) and Carpenter (1992); and to Termitinae by Nel and Paicheler (1993), Krishna and Grimaldi (2009) and Krishna et al. (2013).

Species

T. (Rhinotermes), T. (Termes), T. hassencampi, T. primitivus, T. siruguei

Synonyms

Mirotermes was named by Wasmann (1897). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Termes by Krishna et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Termitinae by Nel and Paicheler (1993).
Termes hassencampi was named by Heer (1860).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Heer (1860) and Krishna et al. (2013).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Termes Linnaeus p. 609
1761	Termes Linnaeus p. 474
1763	Termes Scopoli p. 380
1764	Termes Müller p. 89
1766	Termes Schaeffer
1767	Termes Linnaeus p. 1015
1775	Termes Fabricius p. 390
1776	Termes Müller p. 184
1794	Termes Latreille p. 84
1796	Termes Latreille p. 100
1802	Termes Latreille p. 294
1849	Termes Heer p. 35
1860	Termes hassencampi Heer p. 79
1897	Mirotermes Wasmann
1992	Termes Carpenter p. 142
1993	Termes Nel and Paicheler p. 167
1993	Mirotermes Nel and Paicheler p. 169
2009	Termes Krishna and Grimaldi
2013	Termes Krishna et al. p. 2356

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923

Rank	Name	Author
—	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
—	Holopandictyoptera
superorder	Dictyoptera	Latreille 1829
order	Blattodea	(Latreille 1810)
—	Xylophagodea
infraorder	Isoptera	()
—	Euisoptera
—	Artisoptera
—	Icoisoptera
—	Neoisoptera
family	Termitidae	()
subfamily	Termitinae
genus	Termes

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Termes Linnaeus 1758

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Subg. Termes (Rhinotermes) Hagen 1858

Subg. Termes (Termes) Linnaeus 1758

†Termes primitivus Krishna and Grimaldi 2009

†Termes siruguei Nel 1984

Invalid names: Mirotermes Wasmann 1897 [synonym], Termes hassencampi Heer 1860 [nomen nudum]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Created:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Modified:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Source: c = class, p = phylum

References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt)	T. sp. (155693)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)	T. siruguei (122489)
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.44 - 13.82	Dominican Republic	T. primitivus (122982)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Tanzania	T. sp. (123991)