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Proelectrotermes berendtii

Insecta - Blattodea - Kalotermitidae

Taxonomy
Termes berendtii was named by Pictet and Hagen (1856). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

It was recombined as Calotermes (Proelectrotermes) berendtii by von Rosen (1913); it was recombined as Proelectrotermes berendti by Weidner (1955), Emerson (1969), Nel and Paicheler (1993); it was recombined as Proelectrotermes berendtii by Snyder (1949), Engel et al. (2007), Krishna et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Termes berendtii Pictet and Hagen p. 49 figs. Pl 5, fig 2b-e
1913Calotermes (Proelectrotermes) berendtii von Rosen p. 331
1949Proelectrotermes berendtii Snyder p. 357
1955Proelectrotermes berendti Weidner p. 65 fig. 6
1969Proelectrotermes berendti Emerson p. 15 fig. 4
1993Proelectrotermes berendti Nel and Paicheler p. 118
2007Proelectrotermes berendtii Engel et al. p. 12
2013Proelectrotermes berendtii Krishna et al. p. 604

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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
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
Xylophagodea
infraorderIsoptera()
Euisoptera
Artisoptera
Icoisoptera
familyKalotermitidae()
genusProelectrotermes()
speciesberendtii()

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.

Proelectrotermes berendtii Pictet and Hagen 1856
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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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Proelectrotermes berendti (123927 124073)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Denmark Proelectrotermes berendti (123762)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Termes berendtii (109625)