A new fossil species of termite from Mexican amber, Mastotermes electromexicus (Isoptera, Mastotermitidae)

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2767

By

Krishna, Kumar

Emerson, Alfred Edwards, 1896-1976

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1983

Notes

Title from caption.

"September 15, 1983."

"A new fossil species of termite, Mastotermes electromexicus, is described from Upper Oligocene-Lower Miocene amber of Chiapas, Mexico. This is the first amber fossil of the family Mastotermitidae, the first fossil soldier of any termite species, and the first species of Mastotermes from the New World to be reported"--P. [1].

Subjects

Amber fossils , Chiapas , Insects, Fossil , Mastotermes electromexicus , Mexico , Paleontology , Termites, Fossil , Tertiary

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no. 2767, 1983

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 9977864