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Mastotermites

Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae

Taxonomy
Mastotermites was named by Armbruster (1941). Its type is Mastotermites stuttgartensis.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Nel and Paicheler (1993).

It was assigned to Isoptera by Carpenter (1992); and to Mastotermitidae by Armbruster (1941), Krishna et al. (2013).

Species
M. stuttgartensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Mastotermites Armbruster p. 13
1992Mastotermites Carpenter p. 142
2013Mastotermites Krishna et al. p. 245

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

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.

G. †Mastotermites Armbruster 1941
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Mastotermites stuttgartensis Armbruster 1941
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: MN 5 or 15.98000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) M. stuttgartensis (155661)