Archeorhinotermes, KRISHNA & GRIMALDI, 2003

KRISHNA, KUMAR & GRIMALDI, DAVID A., 2003, The First Cretaceous Rhinotermitidae (Isoptera): A New Species, Genus, and Subfamily in Burmese Amber, American Museum Novitates 3390, pp. 1-11 : 4

Archeorhinotermes , new genus

TYPE SPECIES: Archeorhinotermes rossi , new species, by original designation and monotypy .

DIAGNOSIS: Head small, roundish. Eyes large, proportionate to head, oval. Ocelli large. Fontanelle present, small, close to hind margin of head. Postclypeus somewhat flat, not prominently arched. Mandible dentition and wing venation as described under subfamily diagnosis.

ETYMOLOGY: The genus name is a combination of Greek archeo­ (ancient, primeval) and the stem of the family Rhinotermitidae + ­ termes, the common generic suffix in the Isoptera .