Meiatermes bertrani was named by Lacasa Ruiz and Martínez-Delclòs (1986). Its type specimen is LP 1701 IEI, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is La Pedrera de Rubies (IEI coll), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone in the La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Meiatermes.