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Reticulitermes
Taxonomy
Reticulitermes was named by Holmgren (1913). It is extant.
It was reranked as Leucotermes (Reticulitermes) by Holmgren (1913).
It was assigned to Leucotermes by Holmgren (1913); to Rhinotermitidae by Snyder (1938), Carpenter (1992) and Park and Downing (2001); and to Heterotermitinae by Snyder (1949), Pierce (1958), Emerson (1971), Jarzembowski (1980), Weidner and Riou (1986), Krishna et al. (2013) and Jouault and Nel (2021).
It was reranked as Leucotermes (Reticulitermes) by Holmgren (1913).
It was assigned to Leucotermes by Holmgren (1913); to Rhinotermitidae by Snyder (1938), Carpenter (1992) and Park and Downing (2001); and to Heterotermitinae by Snyder (1949), Pierce (1958), Emerson (1971), Jarzembowski (1980), Weidner and Riou (1986), Krishna et al. (2013) and Jouault and Nel (2021).
Species
Hemerobites, R. antiquus (syn. Termes giebeli, Termes gracilis, Maresa plebeja, Termes (Eutermes) moestus, Termes obscurus, Termes fossile), R. creedei, R. dofleini, R. fossarum (syn. Eutermes meadii), R. grimaldii, R. hartungi, R. holmgreni (syn. Termes concinnus, Termes atomus, Termes aethiops, Termes contractulus, Termes adustus, Termes blandus), R. laurae (syn. R. tibialis dubitans), R. minimus (syn. Leucotermes borussicus), R. pliozaenicus, R. tibialis
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1813 | Hemerobites Germar p. 16 |
1856 | Maresa Giebel p. 298 |
1913 | Leucotermes (Reticulitermes) Holmgren p. 60 |
1913 | Reticulitermes Holmgren p. 60 |
1938 | Reticulitermes Snyder p. 109 |
1949 | Reticulitermes Snyder p. 365 |
1958 | Reticulitermes Pierce p. 20 |
1971 | Reticulitermes Emerson p. 276 |
1980 | Reticulitermes Jarzembowski p. 251 fig. 21,26 |
1986 | Reticulitermes Weidner and Riou p. 354 |
1992 | Reticulitermes Carpenter p. 142 |
2001 | Reticulitermes Park and Downing p. 179 |
2013 | Reticulitermes Krishna et al. p. 774 |
2021 | Reticulitermes Jouault and Nel p. 597 |
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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. Reticulitermes Holmgren 1913
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†Reticulitermes antiquus Germar 1813
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Invalid names: Maresa plebeja Giebel 1856 [synonym], Termes (Eutermes) moestus Giebel 1856 [synonym], Termes fossile Ouchakoff 1838 [synonym], Termes giebeli Handlirsch 1907 [synonym], Termes gracilis Pictet and Hagen 1856 [synonym]
†Reticulitermes creedei Snyder 1938
†Reticulitermes dofleini Armbruster 1941
†Reticulitermes grimaldii Jouault and Nel 2021
†Reticulitermes hartungi Heer 1864
†Reticulitermes holmgreni Statz 1939
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Invalid names: Termes adustus Statz 1939 [synonym], Termes aethiops Statz 1939 [synonym], Termes atomus Statz 1939 [synonym], Termes blandus Statz 1939 [synonym], Termes concinnus Statz 1939 [synonym], Termes contractulus Statz 1939 [synonym]
†Reticulitermes laurae Pierce 1958
†Reticulitermes minimus Snyder 1928
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Invalid names: Leucotermes borussicus von Rosen 1913 [synonym]
†Reticulitermes pliozaenicus Weidner 1971
Reticulitermes tibialis Banks 1920
Invalid names: Hemerobites Germar 1813 [nomen oblitum], Maresa Giebel 1856 [replaced], Reticulitermes tibialis dubitans Pierce 1958 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Piacenzian or 37.20000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (20 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Hemerobites antiquus, Termes obscurus (147349) Leucotermes antiquus (140221) R. antiquus (123493) R. antiquus, R. minimus (123771) R. grimaldii (220536) R. minimus (147652) Termes fossile (147350) | |
Priabonian | Poland | Termes antiquus (109625) | |
Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | R. sp. (21976) | |
Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Eutermes fossarum, Eutermes meadii (106384) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene | USA (Colorado) | R. creedei (121977) | |
Chattian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | Termes holmgreni, Termes aethiops, Termes blandus, Termes concinnus, Termes contractulus, Termes adustus, Termes atomus (122010) | |
Hemingfordian | USA (California) | R. laurae (144525) R. laurae, R. tibialis (144524) R. sp. (144522) | |
MN 5 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Leucotermes dofleini (127614) | |
Sarmatian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Termes hartungi (117252) | |
Turolian | France (Ardèche) | R. hartungi (156164) R. sp. (113893) | |
Piacenzian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | R. pliozaenicus (109196) |