论文信息 - New fossil species of termites of the subfamily Nasutitermitinae from Dominican and Mexican amber (Isoptera, Termitidae) / Kumar Krishna. American Museum novitates ; no. 3176

New fossil species of termites of the subfamily Nasutitermitinae from Dominican and Mexican amber (Isoptera, Termitidae) / Kumar Krishna. American Museum novitates ; no. 3176

Three new fossil species of termites, Constrictotermes electroconstrictus and Nasutitermes electronasutus from Dominican amber and Nasutitermes electrinus from Mexican amber, are described. These are the first fossil records of the genera Constrictotermes and Nasutitermes and of the subfamily Nasutitermitinae and the first fossil record from the tropics of the family Termitidae. It is also the first described species of the genus Constrictotermes from the Caribbean. The subspecies Gnathamitermes magnocolus rousi Pierce is elevated to species rank, G. rousi, new combination.

K. Krishna

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