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Mastotermes croaticus

Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae

Taxonomy
Mastotermes croaticus was named by von Rosen (1913). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Radoboj (Grätz Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Mastotermes croaticus von Rosen p. 324 figs. Pl 28, fig 10
1917Pliotermes hungaricus Pongrácz p. 28 fig. 1,2
1926Pliotermes hungaricus Pongrácz p. 27 figs. Pl 3, fig A
1928Pliotermes hungaricus Pongrácz p. 107
1949Mastotermes croaticus Snyder p. 353
1949Pliotermes hungaricus Snyder p. 354
1965Mastotermes croaticus Emerson p. 32
1993Mastotermes croaticus Nel and Paicheler p. 107
2013Mastotermes croaticus Krishna et al. p. 231

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
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)
Solumblattodea
superfamilyBlattoidea
Kittrickea
Xylophagodea
Isoptera()
familyMastotermitidae(Desneux 1904)
subfamilyMastotermitinaeDesneux 1904
genusMastotermes
speciescroaticus

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.

Mastotermes croaticus von Rosen 1913
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Invalid names: Pliotermes hungaricus Pongrácz 1917 [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: Sarmatian or 12.80000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Mastotermes croaticus (type locality: 117246) Pliotermes hungaricus (156758)