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Mastotermitinae (disused)
Taxonomy
Mastotermitinae was named by Desneux (1904). It is extant. Its type is Mastotermes.
It was reranked as the family Mastotermitidae by Emerson (1965), Carpenter (1992), Nel and Paicheler (1993), Nel et al. (1999), Wappler (2003), Engel et al. (2009), Engel (2011), Krishna et al. (2013), Engel (2021) and Wang et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Termitidae by Inward et al. (2007); to Isoptera by Emerson (1965), Carpenter (1992), Nel and Paicheler (1993), Nel et al. (1999), Wappler (2003) and Engel et al. (2009); to Euisoptera by Engel (2011); and to Isoptera by Krishna et al. (2013), Engel (2021) and Wang et al. (2022).
It was reranked as the family Mastotermitidae by Emerson (1965), Carpenter (1992), Nel and Paicheler (1993), Nel et al. (1999), Wappler (2003), Engel et al. (2009), Engel (2011), Krishna et al. (2013), Engel (2021) and Wang et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Termitidae by Inward et al. (2007); to Isoptera by Emerson (1965), Carpenter (1992), Nel and Paicheler (1993), Nel et al. (1999), Wappler (2003) and Engel et al. (2009); to Euisoptera by Engel (2011); and to Isoptera by Krishna et al. (2013), Engel (2021) and Wang et al. (2022).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1904 | Mastotermitinae Desneux |
| 1917 | Pliotermitinae Pongrácz p. 28 |
| 1926 | Miotermitinae Pongrácz p. 29 |
| 1965 | Mastotermitidae Emerson p. 15 |
| 1992 | Mastotermitidae Carpenter p. 139 |
| 1993 | Mastotermitidae Nel and Paicheler p. 105 |
| 1999 | Mastotermitidae Nel et al. p. 66 |
| 2003 | Mastotermitidae Wappler |
| 2007 | Mastotermitinae Inward et al. |
| 2009 | Mastotermitidae Engel et al. |
| 2011 | Mastotermitidae Engel |
| 2013 | Mastotermitidae Krishna et al. p. 223 |
| 2021 | Mastotermitidae Engel |
| 2022 | Mastotermitidae Wang et al. |
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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.
Subfm. Mastotermitinae Desneux 1904
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Invalid names: Miotermitinae Pongrácz 1926 [synonym], Pliotermitinae Pongrácz 1917 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||