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Glyptotermes abyssinicus

Insecta - Blattodea - Kalotermitidae

Taxonomy
Glyptotermes abyssinicus was named by Bouju et al. (2021). Its type specimen is IGR.ET2020/017, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Ethiopian amber (IGR collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Ethiopia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Glyptotermes abyssinicus Bouju et al. p. 388 figs. 1-3

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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()
genusGlyptotermes
speciesabyssinicus

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.

†Glyptotermes abyssinicus Bouju et al. 2021
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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: 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 - 15.97Ethiopia Glyptotermes abyssinicus (type locality: 224753)