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Apicotermitinae

Insecta - Blattodea - Termitidae

Taxonomy
Apicotermitinae was named by Grassé and Noirot (1955). It is extant.

It was assigned to Termitidae by Krishna and Grimaldi (2009), Engel (2011), Krishna et al. (2013).

Subtaxa
Anoplotermes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Apicotermitinae Grassé and Noirot
2009Apicotermitinae Krishna and Grimaldi
2011Apicotermitinae Engel
2013Apicotermitinae Krishna et al. p. 1309

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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
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
—Xylophagodea
infraorderIsoptera()
—Euisoptera
—Artisoptera
—Icoisoptera
—Neoisoptera
familyTermitidae()
subfamilyApicotermitinaeGrassé and Noirot 1955
subfamilyApicotermitinaeGrassé and Noirot 1955

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.

Subfm. Apicotermitinae Grassé and Noirot 1955
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G. Anoplotermes Muller 1873
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†Anoplotermes bohio Krishna and Grimaldi 2009
†Anoplotermes cacique Krishna and Grimaldi 2009
†Anoplotermes carib Krishna and Grimaldi 2009
†Anoplotermes maboya Krishna and Grimaldi 2009
†Anoplotermes naboria Krishna and Grimaldi 2009
†Anoplotermes nitaino Krishna and Grimaldi 2009
†Anoplotermes quisqueya Krishna and Grimaldi 2009
†Anoplotermes taino Krishna and Grimaldi 2009
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.45000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Anoplotermes bohio, Anoplotermes cacique, Anoplotermes carib, Anoplotermes maboya, Anoplotermes naboria, Anoplotermes nitaino, Anoplotermes quisqueya, Anoplotermes taino (122982)