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Kalotermes
Taxonomy
Kalotermes was named by Hagen (1853). It is extant. It is the type genus of Calotermitinae.
It was corrected as Calotermes by Froggatt (1897); it was misspelled as Calotermes by von Rosen (1913), Snyder (1949), Emerson (1969), Jarzembowski (1980), Zhang (1989), Carpenter (1992), Nel and Paicheler (1993), Krishna et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Calotermitinae by Froggatt (1897); to Isoptera by von Rosen (1913); to Kalotermitinae by Snyder (1949); and to Kalotermitidae by Emerson (1969), Jarzembowski (1980), Zhang (1989), Carpenter (1992), Nel and Paicheler (1993), Krishna et al. (2013).
It was corrected as Calotermes by Froggatt (1897); it was misspelled as Calotermes by von Rosen (1913), Snyder (1949), Emerson (1969), Jarzembowski (1980), Zhang (1989), Carpenter (1992), Nel and Paicheler (1993), Krishna et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Calotermitinae by Froggatt (1897); to Isoptera by von Rosen (1913); to Kalotermitinae by Snyder (1949); and to Kalotermitidae by Emerson (1969), Jarzembowski (1980), Zhang (1989), Carpenter (1992), Nel and Paicheler (1993), Krishna et al. (2013).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1853 | Kalotermes Hagen |
| 1897 | Calotermes Froggatt p. 517 |
| 1907 | Calotermes bosniaskii Handlirsch p. 699 |
| 1913 | Calotermes von Rosen |
| 1949 | Kalotermes Snyder p. 358 |
| 1949 | Kalotermes bosniaskii Snyder p. 358 |
| 1969 | Kalotermes Emerson p. 28 |
| 1980 | Kalotermes Jarzembowski p. 249 |
| 1989 | Kalotermes Zhang p. 52 |
| 1992 | Kalotermes Carpenter p. 139 |
| 1993 | Kalotermes Nel and Paicheler p. 120 |
| 2013 | Kalotermes Krishna et al. p. 501 |
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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.
G. Kalotermes Hagen 1853
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Subg. Calotermes (Calotermes) Hagen 1853
†Kalotermes disruptus Cockerell 1917
†Kalotermes fossus Zhang et al. 1994
†Kalotermes nigellus Zhang et al. 1994
Kalotermes nigritus Snyder 1946
†Kalotermes nisus Zhang et al. 1994
†Kalotermes oeningensis von Rosen 1913
†Kalotermes piacentinii Piton and Théobald 1937
†Kalotermes rhenanus Hagen 1863
Invalid names: Calotermes bosniaskii Handlirsch 1907 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Messinian or 61.66000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.24 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.24 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Selandian | France (Auvergne) | Termopsis piacentinii (120351) | |
| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Sisyra disrupta (123959) | |
| Chattian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | Calotermes rhenanus (122010) | |
| MP 30 | Germany | Calotermes rhenanus (123945) | |
| Aquitanian | Germany | K. sp. (123872) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | K. nigellus, K. fossus (138945) K. nisus (138946) | |
| Turolian | France (Ardèche) | Calotermes sp. (172761) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Tuscany) | Calotermes bosniaskii (113751) |