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Khanitermes acutipennis

Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae

Taxonomy
Valditermes acutipennis was named by Ponomarenko (1988). Its type specimen is PIN 4271/1, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Shar-Tolgoy (PIN collection 4271), which is in an Aptian lacustrine marl in the Shar-Tolgoy Formation of Mongolia.

It was recombined as Khanitermes acutipennis by Engel et al. (2007) and Krishna et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Valditermes acutipennis Ponomarenko p. 71 figs. Pl xiii fig 1; Fig 1
1993Valditermes acutipennis Nel and Paicheler p. 136
2007Khanitermes acutipennis Engel et al. p. 9
2013Khanitermes acutipennis Krishna et al. p. 228

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
Xylophagodea
infraorderIsoptera()
familyMastotermitidae(Desneux 1904)
genusKhanitermes
speciesacutipennis()

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.

Khanitermes acutipennis Ponomarenko 1988
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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: Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mongolia Valditermes acutipennis (type locality: 103273 103657)