A new fossil drywood termite species from the Late Eocene of France allied to Cryptotermes and Procryptotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)
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https://doi.org/10.17161/np.v0i11.4953Keywords:
Taxonomy, Isoptera, Dictyoptera, Kalotermitidae, Icoisoptera, EuisopteraAbstract
A new fossil genus and species of drywood termite (Kalotermitidae) is described and figured from the Late Eocene of southern France. Huguenotermes septimaniensis Engel & Nel, new genus and species, is closely allied to Cryptotermes Banks and Procryptotermes Holmgren, perhaps representing part of the stem group leading to the Cryptotermes-Procryptotermes clade.References
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