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Mastotermitinae

Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae

Taxonomy
Mastotermitinae was named by Desneux (1904). It is extant. Its type is Mastotermes.

It was assigned to Mastotermitidae by Engel (2021), Jiang et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Mastotermitinae Desneux
2021Mastotermitinae Engel
2024Mastotermitinae Jiang et al. p. 117

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

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.

Subfm. Mastotermitinae Desneux 1904
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G. †Angustitermes Jiang et al. 2024
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†Angustitermes reflexus Jiang et al. 2024
G. †Magnifitermes Jouault et al. 2022
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†Magnifitermes krishnai Jouault et al. 2022
G. Mastotermes Froggatt 1897
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†Mastotermes aethiopicus Engel et al. 2016
†Mastotermes anglicus von Rosen 1913
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Invalid names: Mastotermes batheri von Rosen 1913 [synonym]
†Mastotermes bournemouthensis von Rosen 1913
†Mastotermes brasiliensis Bezerra et al. 2020
†Mastotermes croaticus von Rosen 1913
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Invalid names: Pliotermes hungaricus Pongrácz 1917 [synonym]
†Mastotermes electrodominicus Krishna and Grimaldi 1991
†Mastotermes electromexicus Krishna and Emerson 1983
†Mastotermes gallica Nel 1986
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Invalid names: Mastotermes vetustus Pongrácz 1928 [synonym]
†Mastotermes heerii Goeppert 1855
†Mastotermes krishnorum Wappler and Engel 2006
†Mastotermes minor Pongrácz 1928
†Mastotermes minutus Nel and Bourguet 2006
†Mastotermes monostichus Zhao et al. 2019
†Mastotermes myanmarensis Jouault 2022
†Mastotermes nepropadyom Vršanský and Aristov 2014
†Mastotermes picardi Nel and Paicheler 1993
†Mastotermes reticulatus Jiang et al. 2024
†Mastotermes sarthensis Schlüter 1989
Invalid names: Pliotermes Pongrácz 1917 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 125.77000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Russian Federation (Chita) Mastotermes nepropadyom (105968)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Myanmar (Sagaing) Mastotermes myanmarensis (215115)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Mastotermitidae indet. (123019)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Magnifitermes krishnai (179227) Mastotermes monostichus, Angustitermes reflexus, Mastotermes reticulatus (165561)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Oise) Mastotermes minutus (123850)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Mastotermes bournemouthensis (127644)
MP 1348.07 - 41.03Germany (Eifel) Mastotermes krishnorum (135640)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Mastotermes anglicus, Mastotermes batheri (21976)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Brazil (Minas Gerais) Mastotermes brasiliensis (138890)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Mastotermes sp., Mastotermes gallica (122501)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-du-Rhone) Mastotermes sp., Mastotermes picardi (113989)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico Mastotermes sp. (146607)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Mastotermes electromexicus (124467 138881 138882 140209 140210 140212 140218 140478) Mastotermes sp. (151418 238005)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Ethiopia Mastotermes aethiopicus (169321)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Mastotermes electrodominicus (122982 124282)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Mastotermes croaticus (117246) Mastotermes vetustus, Mastotermes minor (113698) Pliotermes hungaricus (156758) Termes haidingeri (117247)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Poland Termopsis heerii (138936)