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Incisitermes krishnai

Insecta - Blattodea - Kalotermitidae

Taxonomy
Incisitermes krishnai was named by Emerson (1969). Its type specimen is UCMP 12613, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is UCMP B-5103, Las Cruces landslide, Simojovel region, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Incisitermes krishnai Emerson p. 46 fig. 12
1993Incisitermes krishnai Nel and Paicheler p. 122
1998Incisitermes krishnai Fontes and Vulcano p. 279
2007Incisitermes krishnai Engel and Krishna p. 274 fig. 9,10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
Xylophagodea
infraorderIsoptera()
Euisoptera
Artisoptera
Icoisoptera
familyKalotermitidae()
genusIncisitermesKrishna 1961
specieskrishnai

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.

Incisitermes krishnai Emerson 1969
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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 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Incisitermes krishnai, Kalotermes nigritus (type locality: 124623)