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Amitermitinae

Insecta - Blattodea - Termitidae

Taxonomy
Amitermitinae was named by Kemner (1934). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Termitinae by Krishna et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Termitidae by Snyder (1949), Pierce (1958), Hellemans et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Amitermitinae Kemner p. 110
1949Amitermitinae Snyder p. 367
1958Amitermitinae Pierce p. 21
2024Amitermitinae Hellemans et al.

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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)
Xylophagodea
infraorderIsoptera()
Euisoptera
Artisoptera
Icoisoptera
Neoisoptera
Geoisoptera
familyTermitidae()
subfamilyAmitermitinae
subfamilyAmitermitinae

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. Amitermitinae Kemner 1934
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G. Amitermes Silvestri 1901
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Amitermes lucidus Krishna and Grimaldi 2009
G. Gnathamitermes Light 1932 [long jawed desert termite]
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Gnathamitermes rousei Pierce 1958
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: Hemingfordian or 18.50000 to 16.30000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 16.3 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Amitermes lucidus (122982)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (California) Gnathamitermes magnoculus (144524)