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Blattotermes wheeleri
Taxonomy
Mastotermes wheeleri was named by Collins (1925). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Illinois Central Railroad, Grand Junction, which is in an Eocene terrestrial claystone in the Wilcox Formation of Tennessee.
It was recombined as Blattotermes wheeleri by Riek (1952), Pierce (1958), Emerson (1965), Nel and Paicheler (1993), Fontes and Vulcano (1998), Wappler and Engel (2006) and Krishna et al. (2013).
It was recombined as Blattotermes wheeleri by Riek (1952), Pierce (1958), Emerson (1965), Nel and Paicheler (1993), Fontes and Vulcano (1998), Wappler and Engel (2006) and Krishna et al. (2013).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1925 | Mastotermes wheeleri Collins p. 406 fig. 2 |
1949 | Mastotermes wheeleri Snyder p. 354 |
1952 | Blattotermes wheeleri Riek p. 19 fig. 2 |
1958 | Blattotermes wheeleri Pierce p. 24 |
1965 | Blattotermes wheeleri Emerson p. 25 |
1993 | Blattotermes wheeleri Nel and Paicheler p. 105 |
1998 | Blattotermes wheeleri Fontes and Vulcano p. 280 |
2006 | Blattotermes wheeleri Wappler and Engel p. 381 |
2013 | Blattotermes wheeleri Krishna et al. p. 226 |
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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.
†Blattotermes wheeleri Collins 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available