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Heterotermes
Taxonomy
Heterotermes was named by Froggatt (1897). It is extant. It is the type genus of Heterotermitinae.
It was assigned to Rhinotermitidae by Carpenter (1992), Solórzano Kraemer (2007) and Engel (2008); and to Heterotermitinae by Froggatt (1897), Snyder (1949), Nel and Paicheler (1993), Fontes and Vulcano (1998) and Krishna et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Rhinotermitidae by Carpenter (1992), Solórzano Kraemer (2007) and Engel (2008); and to Heterotermitinae by Froggatt (1897), Snyder (1949), Nel and Paicheler (1993), Fontes and Vulcano (1998) and Krishna et al. (2013).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1897 | Heterotermes Froggatt p. 518 |
| 1901 | Leucotermes Silvestri |
| 1949 | Heterotermes Snyder p. 364 |
| 1992 | Heterotermes Carpenter p. 142 |
| 1993 | Heterotermes Nel and Paicheler p. 155 |
| 1998 | Heterotermes Fontes and Vulcano p. 282 |
| 2007 | Heterotermes Solórzano Kraemer p. 15 |
| 2008 | Heterotermes Engel p. 199 |
| 2013 | Heterotermes Krishna et al. p. 742 |
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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. Heterotermes Froggatt 1897
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†Heterotermes eocenicus Engel 2008
†Heterotermes primaevus Snyder 1960
Invalid names: Leucotermes Silvestri 1901 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 38.00000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | H. eocenicus (124370) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico | H. sp. (21977) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | H. primaevus (124623) |