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Mastotermes electromexicus
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
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1983 | Mastotermes electromexicus Krishna and Emerson p. 2 figs. 1-4 |
| 1993 | Mastotermes electromexicus Nel and Paicheler p. 112 |
| 1998 | Mastotermes electromexicus Fontes and Vulcano p. 281 |
| 2013 | Mastotermes electromexicus Krishna et al. p. 237 |
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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.
†Mastotermes electromexicus Krishna and Emerson 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | Mastotermes electromexicus (124467 138881 type locality: 138882 140209 140210 140212 140218 140478) |