Primitive new termites (Blattodea, Termitoidae) in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar

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第一作者: Jiang, Yurong

作者: Jiang, Yurong;Deng, Xinru;Zhao, Zhipeng;Jiang, Yurong;Deng, Xinru;Shih, Chungkun;Zhao, Yunyun;Ren, Dong;Shih, Chungkun

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关键词: Fossil termites; Isoptera; Mastotermitidae; social insects; taxonomy

期刊名称:ZOOKEYS ( 影响因子:1.3; 五年影响因子:1.2 )

ISSN: 1313-2989

年卷期: 2024 年 1197 期

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收录情况: SCI

摘要: Mastotermitidae, the first-diverging extant family of termites, has only one relic extant species; however, this family had greater richness during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras. Fossil termites from the Cretaceous provide information on the early evolution of termites and the transition between extinct families. Herein, two new Mastotermitidae species found in upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Kachin amber are reported. One is a female imago described as Angustitermes reflexus gen. et sp. nov. and assigned to the subfamily Mastotermitinae. The other is Mastotermes reticulatus sp. nov., which is described from an isolated forewing. With the comparison especially of the antenna and venation, these new mastotermitids further increase our knowledge of the diversity and morphology of Mastotermitidae during the Mesozoic.

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