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Macrotermes scheuthlei

Insecta - Blattodea - Termitidae

Taxonomy
Termes scheuthlei was named by Armbruster (1941). It is a compression fossil.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Nel and Paicheler (1993); it was recombined as Macrotermes scheuthlei by Weidner and Riou (1986), Krishna et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Termes scheuthlei Armbruster p. 33
1986Macrotermes scheuthlei Weidner and Riou p. 358 figs. 13-15
2013Macrotermes scheuthlei Krishna et al. p. 1074

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
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
familyTermitidae()
subfamilyMacrotermitinaeKemner 1934
genusMacrotermesHolmgren 1910
speciesscheuthlei()

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.

Macrotermes scheuthlei Armbruster 1941
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the MN 5 to the top of the Turolian or 15.98000 to 5.09000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Termes scheuthlei (127614 155659)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09France (Ardèche) Macrotermes scheuthlei (156164)