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Mastotermes sarthensis

Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae

Taxonomy
Mastotermes sarthensis was named by Schlüter (1989). Its type specimen is PIFU ls Ce Bez 2, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Bezonnais (Ecommoy) amber, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Mastotermes sarthensis Schlüter p. 64 figs. Pl 1, fig 6
1993Mastotermes sarthensis Nel and Paicheler p. 112
2013Mastotermes sarthensis Krishna et al. p. 240

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
Xylophagodea
infraorderIsoptera()
familyMastotermitidae(Desneux 1904)
subfamilyMastotermitinaeDesneux 1904
genusMastotermes
speciessarthensis

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 sarthensis Schlüter 1989
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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 Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Mastotermitidae indet. (type locality: 123019)