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Magnifitermes krishnai

Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae

Taxonomy
Magnifitermes krishnai was named by Jouault et al. (2022). Its type specimen is IGR.BU-053, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (IGR Rennes coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Magnifitermes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Magnifitermes krishnai Jouault et al. p. 618 figs. 6-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
Xylophagodea
infraorderIsoptera()
familyMastotermitidae(Desneux 1904)
subfamilyMastotermitinaeDesneux 1904
genusMagnifitermes
specieskrishnai

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.

Magnifitermes krishnai Jouault et al. 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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Magnifitermes krishnai (type locality: 179227)