Rhinotermitidae

Engel, Michael S., Grimaldi, David A., Nascimbene, Paul C. & Singh, Hukam, 2011, The termites of Early Eocene Cambay amber, with the earliest record of the Termitidae (Isoptera), ZooKeys 148, pp. 105-123 : 114

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.148.1797

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3DE6A11F-7755-E8F6-F079-96CA4AA5521B

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scientific name

Rhinotermitidae
status

indet.

Rhinotermitidae indet.

Material.

Imago (largely crushed dealate, sex unknown); Tad-155, India: Gujarat: Tadkeshwar lignite mine, Cambay Formation (Paleo-Eocene), 21°21.400"N, 73°4.532"E, 7-12 January 2009 (AMNH).

Comments.

This specimen is badly damaged and while it certainly has the appearance of a Heterotermes , assignment as to genus, or even subfamily, cannot be made with confidence.