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]
Meiatermes | |
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Meiatermes bertrani fossil alate in Cosmocaixa, Barcelona. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Infraorder: | Isoptera |
Family: | Hodotermitidae |
Genus: | †Meiatermes Lacasa-Ruiz & Martinez-Declos 1986 |
Species | |
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References
edit- ^ "Meiatermes". Tree of Life Web Project. 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2013.