Title
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
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