Meiatermes

Meiatermes
Meiatermes bertrani fossil alate in Cosmocaixa, Barcelona.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Family: Hodotermitidae
Genus: †Meiatermes
Lacasa-Ruiz & Martinez-Declos 1986
Species
  • †Meiatermes araripena
  • †Meiatermes bertrani

The Meiatermes is an extinct genus of termites that belonged to the Hodotermitidae. Their fossils have been obtained from early Cretaceous deposits in Brazil and Spain.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Meiatermes". Tree of Life Web Project. 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2013.


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