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Blattotermes
Taxonomy
Blattotermes was named by Riek (1952). Its type is Blattotermes neoxenus.
It was assigned to Mastotermitidae by Wappler and Engel (2006); and to Mastotermitidae by Riek (1952), Emerson (1965), Carpenter (1992), Nel and Paicheler (1993), Fontes and Vulcano (1998), Krishna et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Mastotermitidae by Wappler and Engel (2006); and to Mastotermitidae by Riek (1952), Emerson (1965), Carpenter (1992), Nel and Paicheler (1993), Fontes and Vulcano (1998), Krishna et al. (2013).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1952 | Blattotermes Riek p. 17 |
| 1965 | Blattotermes Emerson p. 24 |
| 1992 | Blattotermes Carpenter p. 139 |
| 1993 | Blattotermes Nel and Paicheler p. 105 |
| 1998 | Blattotermes Fontes and Vulcano p. 280 |
| 2006 | Blattotermes Wappler and Engel |
| 2013 | Blattotermes Krishna et al. p. 225 |
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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. †Blattotermes Riek 1952
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†Blattotermes massiliensis Nel 1986
†Blattotermes neoxenus Riek 1952
†Blattotermes wheeleri Collins 1925
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Chattian or 56.00000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Tennessee) | Mastotermes wheeleri (117258) | |
| Ypresian | Australia (Queensland) | B. neoxenus (154073) | |
| Chattian | France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) | B. massiliensis (122501) |