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Cryptotermes pouilloni

Insecta - Blattodea - Kalotermitidae

Taxonomy
Cryptotermes pouilloni was named by Jouault and Nel (2022). Its type specimen is MHNE.2021.12.1, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber, La Toca mine (MHNE collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the La Toca Formation of the Dominican Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Cryptotermes pouilloni Jouault and Nel p. 223 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()
genusCryptotermes
speciespouilloni

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.

Cryptotermes pouilloni Jouault and Nel 2022
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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 Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Cryptotermes pouilloni (type locality: 228917)