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Reticulitermes holmgreni

Insecta - Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae

Taxonomy
Termes holmgreni was named by Statz (1939). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Rott (Statz Collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - small shale in the Rott Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Reticulitermes holmgreni by Nel and Paicheler (1993) and Krishna et al. (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Termes holmgreni Statz p. 18 figs. Pl 8, fig 36; pl 9, figs 37,38
1939Termes aethiops Statz p. 19 figs. Pl 9, figs 39,40
1939Termes blandus Statz p. 19 figs. Pl 9, figs 41,42
1939Termes adustus Statz p. 20 figs. Pl 10, figs 47,48
1939Termes concinnus Statz p. 20 figs. Pl 10, figs 43,44
1939Termes contractulus Statz p. 20 figs. Pl 10, figs 45,46
1939Termes atomus Statz p. 21 figs. Pl 10, figs 49,50
1993Reticulitermes holmgreni Nel and Paicheler p. 155
2013Reticulitermes holmgreni Krishna et al. p. 826

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
Xylophagodea
infraorderIsoptera()
Euisoptera
Artisoptera
Icoisoptera
Neoisoptera
familyRhinotermitidae
subfamilyHeterotermitinae
genusReticulitermes
speciesholmgreni()

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: Termes adustus Statz 1939 [synonym], Termes aethiops Statz 1939 [synonym], Termes atomus Statz 1939 [synonym], Termes blandus Statz 1939 [synonym], Termes concinnus Statz 1939 [synonym], Termes contractulus Statz 1939 [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: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Termes holmgreni, Termes aethiops, Termes blandus, Termes concinnus, Termes contractulus, Termes adustus, Termes atomus (type locality: 122010)