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Mastotermes electromexicus

Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae

Taxonomy
Mastotermes electromexicus was named by Krishna and Emerson (1983). Its type specimen is UCMP B-5341-17, a cephalon/head (fragment of head with left mandible), and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is UCMP B-5341, San Pedro, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Mastotermes electromexicus Krishna and Emerson p. 2 figs. 1-4
1993Mastotermes electromexicus Nel and Paicheler p. 112
1998Mastotermes electromexicus Fontes and Vulcano p. 281
2013Mastotermes electromexicus Krishna et al. p. 237

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
—Xylophagodea
infraorderIsoptera()
familyMastotermitidae(Desneux 1904)
subfamilyMastotermitinaeDesneux 1904
genusMastotermes
specieselectromexicus

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 electromexicus Krishna and Emerson 1983
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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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Mastotermes electromexicus (124467 138881 type locality: 138882 140209 140210 140212 140218 140478)