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Mastotermes haidingeri

Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae

Taxonomy
Termes (Termopsis) haidingeri was named by Heer (1849). Its type specimen is NHMW 1844/XI/14, an exoskeleton (complete termite), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Radoboj (NHMW Wien Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia.

It was recombined as Hodotermes haidingeri by Hagen (1858); it was recombined as Mastotermes haidingeri by Pongrácz (1928), Emerson (1933), Snyder (1949), Emerson (1965), Nel and Paicheler (1993), Krishna et al. (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Termes (Termopsis) haidingeri Heer p. 26
1858Hodotermes haidingeri Hagen p. 98
1928Mastotermes haidingeri Pongrácz p. 102 fig. 2,3
1928Mastotermes vetustus Pongrácz p. 106 fig. 5
1933Mastotermes haidingeri Emerson p. 191
1949Mastotermes haidingeri Snyder p. 353
1949Mastotermes vetustus Snyder p. 354
1965Mastotermes haidingeri Emerson p. 31
1993Mastotermes haidingeri Nel and Paicheler p. 107
2013Mastotermes haidingeri Krishna et al. p. 238

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
—Xylophagodea
infraorderIsoptera()
familyMastotermitidae(Desneux 1904)
subfamilyMastotermitinaeDesneux 1904
genusMastotermes
specieshaidingeri()

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.

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Invalid names: Mastotermes vetustus Pongrácz 1928 [synonym]
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: Sarmatian or 12.80000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Mastotermes vetustus (113698) Termes haidingeri (type locality: 117247)