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Coptotermes

Insecta - Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Coptotermes Wasmann
1949Coptotermes Snyder p. 366
1992Coptotermes Carpenter p. 142
1993Coptotermes Nel and Paicheler p. 160
2007Coptotermes Solórzano Kraemer p. 14
2009Coptotermes Krishna and Grimaldi
2013Coptotermes Krishna et al. p. 656

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
Xylophagodea
infraorderIsoptera()
Euisoptera
Artisoptera
Icoisoptera
Neoisoptera
familyRhinotermitidae
subfamilyCoptotermitinae
genusCoptotermesWasmann 1896

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. Coptotermes Wasmann 1896
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Coptotermes hirsutus Krishna and Grimaldi 2009
Coptotermes paleodominicanus Krishna and Grimaldi 2009
Coptotermes priscus Emerson 1971
Coptotermes sucineus Emerson 1971
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) C. sucineus (124469 124623 138881 138882) Heterotermes primaevus (140313)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico C. sp. (21977)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic C. priscus, C. hirsutus, C. paleodominicanus (122982)